Clownfish eating diatoms or dinos?

[DerekB4]

My tanks been cycling for about 4 months and has 2 clownfish and lights on for about 3 weeks.

Im pretty sure it’s just diatoms and tank uglies, and not dinos.

I see my clownfish eating off my overflow box. Is that a good indication that it’s diatoms or other brown algae and not dinos?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Can be algae or slime. Any pics of area it’s eating on? They can be good housekeepers in an area in which they hang out

 

[DerekB4]

I’m a terrible photographer but here is a video of him picking at the overflow box, and a picture of a rock where it’s more pronounced


it looks a lot better this morning than it did last night. Which I’ve read could be dinos.

 

[Patientman]

About how old are your clowns? They
"pick clean" an area before mating and laying eggs.

 

[DerekB4]

They are pretty tiny juveniles. One is bigger than the other though so maybe have a male and a female.

 

[DerekB4]

The smaller one does most of the picking at the back wall.

 

[DerekB4]

Welp both fish died. Going to go fallow think the first fish I added were diseased.
Here’s a video of the algae.