What algae is this?

[Jmblec2]

This covered my entire back wall of tank. this is a new tank. maybe 2 months old. Thanks!

 

[ahiggins]

that doesnt look like any algae Ive ever witnessed...
Are you sure the tank was 100% clean when you put everything in? It looks like some sort of foreign material thats reacting with the silt from the sand (you sand looks fine-grained)

 

[Jmblec2]

Tank was definitely clean. Sand I used was 2 different types of live sand, the stuff you buy in the bag.

 

[ahiggins]

still, it behaves more like a bacteria than an algae in my opinion.

 

[Jmblec2]

Could be a bacteria. I did have some sort of bloom that clouded the water white. I had to use a cheap uv light to get rid of it. And it appears to be slowly coming back. Last night I added the uv light back on. It's a cheap hangon.

 

[ahiggins]

do you run any carbon source?
Try getting chemipure elite. the appropriate size for you tank.
it *should* take care of it within 2 weeks or so if its just a contaminant

 

[Jmblec2]

Right now I am not. I was thinking of setting up my BP reactor. I will definitely look into the chempiture elite. Thanks for theverything help.

 

[ahiggins]

let us know what takes care of it for future reference