Cyano in a brand new tank?

[BetterJake]

Hi! Tank was set up this past Wednesday (3 days ago). Used live rock from the LFS and "live" fiji pink sand. Dosing with Microbacter7 for the first 14 days as suggested by the same LFS. Tank cycled extremely quickly due to the live rock, ammonia at 0 with Nitrate at about 2 - 3. So I added a pair of Clownfish 1 day ago.

So it's day 3 and i'm already starting to see some red buildup on the rocks. Could I already be seeing some cyano? I'm guessing the live rock and sand I'm just going to go theough the ugly stage immediately?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi! Tank was set up this past Wednesday (3 days ago). Used live rock from the LFS and "live" fiji pink sand. Dosing with Microbacter7 for the first 14 days as suggested by the same LFS. Tank cycled extremely quickly due to the live rock, ammonia at 0 with Nitrate at about 2 - 3. So I added a pair of Clownfish 1 day ago.

So it's day 3 and i'm already starting to see some red buildup on the rocks. Could I already be seeing some cyano? I'm guessing the live rock and sand I'm just going to go theough the ugly stage immediately?

Please post pics under white lighting for verification. Im sure its diatoms from silicates from new rock and sand as cyano would form in Presence of HIGH nitrate and phosphate which you likely have not accumalated

 

[jsker]

Pictures would really help with getting you the help you need.

 

[BetterJake]

 

[BetterJake]

Some pictures

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Diatoms. As vette said

 

[BetterJake]

Diatoms. As vette said

It was pretty obvious under the white lights... Still learning.

Suppose I can just live with it, eventually they will run out of silcates to consume.

I'm considering a small cleanup crew but I like to avoid shocking the tank with a bunch of new stuff, thinking that may just cause more problems to solve this one

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

It was pretty obvious under the white lights... Still learning.

Suppose I can just live with it, eventually they will run out of silcates to consume.

I'm considering a small cleanup crew but I like to avoid shocking the tank with a bunch of new stuff, thinking that may just cause more problems to solve this one

If you don't have any corals just turn the lights of for a few days it will help weaken them.