How do I get rid of this algae?

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My pellets tend to dye my rocks, and just today, it got really bad. Scrubbing dry rock is really hard and usually ends up unsuccessful. How can I prevent/change this?!
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Can you point to the algae? All I can see is some film on the glass which is normal. Snails, urchins, crabs etc will eat algae so will fish.
 
If you’re re talking about the white film, it’s bacteria and not algae (at least what I can see on phone screen)
 
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Can you point to the algae? All I can see is some film on the glass which is normal. Snails, urchins, crabs etc will eat algae so will fish.
It is on the rock. It is a really dark red. It is kind of hard to tell from camera but I assure in real life it is quite obvious
 
Either looks like diatoms or Dino’s. Search that if it matches . Pictures isn’t really clear
 
Very young. About 3 months

In that case you should just let it do its thing. So it is red stuff now. OK. Then you will get some green stuff. Then some brown stuff. Then a different kind of brown stuff. And a little green stuff, but slightly different than the first green stuff. Finally you will start to see some small, pink, scale-like spots and things will begin settling down.

Just keep up with your regular WC schedule, make sure temp and salinity are super steady. If you get too much green algae going you cut back your light schedule a little. Reduce feeding a little.

In the meantime, you can start researching test kits for Alkalinity, nitrates and phosphates. (My faves: Salifert, Red Sea and Hanna ULR Phosphate respectively.) In the coming months you can start practising those tests. They don't matter much now as you biome is all over the place for a while as different organisms thrive, battle, succumb to other organisms.

It took a few billion years for our oceans to settle down. Give yours a year of steady, consistent input/output and all will be good.
 
In that case you should just let it do its thing. So it is red stuff now. OK. Then you will get some green stuff. Then some brown stuff. Then a different kind of brown stuff. And a little green stuff, but slightly different than the first green stuff. Finally you will start to see some small, pink, scale-like spots and things will begin settling down.

Just keep up with your regular WC schedule, make sure temp and salinity are super steady. If you get too much green algae going you cut back your light schedule a little. Reduce feeding a little.

In the meantime, you can start researching test kits for Alkalinity, nitrates and phosphates. (My faves: Salifert, Red Sea and Hanna ULR Phosphate respectively.) In the coming months you can start practising those tests. They don't matter much now as you biome is all over the place for a while as different organisms thrive, battle, succumb to other organisms.

It took a few billion years for our oceans to settle down. Give yours a year of steady, consistent input/output and all will be good.
The reason why I am worried is because I got pink corraline algae after the first 3 months of getting my first tank a few years ago! Why did THAT happen?! But I read that dino algae is bad so I’m just going to keep a steady schedule for water changes
 
The reason why I am worried is because I got pink corraline algae after the first 3 months of getting my first tank a few years ago! Why did THAT happen?! But I read that dino algae is bad so I’m just going to keep a steady schedule for water changes

I bring you good news: Dinoflagellates are not red. Cyanobacteria is often red and forms mats that are easily removed. Whatever it is, it is too early to worry about it. Stick with hardy soft corals for a while. Add some herbivore fish and feed them some Formula 2 or nori until the real algae shows up. It will, and it is not a problem unless you overfeed and don't have enough animals to eat the algae.
 

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