Diatoms or dino

[Daoz126]

Had to make a profile wouldn't let me upload photos. Tank is faily new 125 gallons it's been running going on about a month and I just noticed this brown algae a few days ago but it seems to be spreading fast I cleaned the rock yesterday came back 4 hrs later and seems to have came back worst a few ppl said its normal for new tanks but I want to make sure I have 5 damsels and a boomerang trigger

 

[Crabs McJones]

Welcome to R2R!!
Looks to be new tank diatoms
It'll go away on its own as the tank matures

#WelcometoR2R

 

[BestMomEver]

Welcome to the reef! Your tank is pretty! Like Crabs said, it looks to be part of what we call “new tank syndrome.” It’ll pass on its own. You will probably see some green hair algae at some point and maybe red Cyanobacteria. Nothing to worry about. These folks have a great info/reference section... reefcleaners.org

 

[Daoz126]

Welcome to the reef! Your tank is pretty! Like Crabs said, it looks to be part of what we call “new tank syndrome.” It’ll pass on its own. You will probably see some green hair algae at some point and maybe red Cyanobacteria. Nothing to worry about. These folks have a great info/reference section... reefcleaners.org

Thanks I put in alot of rock setting it up especially the aquascape part. I love me tank it's the first thing I go look at when I wake up or when I go home just to make sure everything is OK but I was doing some research on diatoms or brown algae and it said could be due to low oxygen levels not enough flow or amonia spikes. I wish I can keep it the rock and sand clean like when I first set up lol today after work I'm going to the local fish pet shop to check my water just to be sure and not have it back of my head

 

[Crabs McJones]

Thanks I put in alot of rock setting it up especially the aquascape part. I love me tank it's the first thing I go look at when I wake up or when I go home just to make sure everything is OK but I was doing some research on diatoms or brown algae and it said could be due to low oxygen levels not enough flow or amonia spikes. I wish I can keep it the rock and sand clean like when I first set up lol today after work I'm going to the local fish pet shop to check my water just to be sure and not have it back of my head

Oh just wait till the coming months, you're going to see all kinds of colors

 

[Westoncase]

Oh just wait till the coming months, you're going to see all kinds of colors

This a understatement

 

[Daoz126]

This a understatement

I ended up scrubbing it all out rock back to normal after changing a few things up I realized that not having my light on as much keeps the diatoms from blooming

 

[Westoncase]

I ended up scrubbing it all out rock back to normal after changing a few things up I realized that not having my light on as much keeps the diatoms from blooming

Wait til you get dinos, dinos are like diatoms on cocaine and steroids.

 

[Daoz126]

Wait til you get dinos, dinos are like diatoms on cocaine and steroids.

I'll be waiting [emoji123]lol