What is this growing in my tank?

[SoCalSauce]

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Diatom bloom. Recently started tank?

 

[SoCalSauce]

Diatom bloom. Recently started tank?

Yes it’s about 2 months old. What do I do?

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Yes it’s about 2 months old. What do I do?

Ride it out, kick up the flow and up your snails and clean up crew.

 

[SoCalSauce]

Ride it out, kick up the flow and up your snails and clean up crew.

I’m in AZ and having a hard time finding CUC. I was thinking about ordering from reef cleaner. What should I add? I have 3 nassiurus snails ( the ones that live under the sand and eat meat) and 2 small crabs.

 

[Rayreef710]

I would check out saltwater aquarium.com they have clean up crew bundle u just got to look up what size tank u have. I order one for mine about 3 weeks ago an everyone doin great.

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Reedcleaners have the same package deals. Just a random assortment of snails would be best. Hermits will help later but right now I would focus on snails.

 

[Syntax1235]

Money cowries are beastly algae eaters, and they are very unique. I’ve only seen them at reefcleaners.

 

[ying yang]

Looks like diatoms as already mentioned and one off first things that pop up after initial nitrogen cycle started and can process amnonia.
Maybe watch some brs youtube videos or other users like tidal gardens/saltwater aquarium /reef bum to name just a few on how and what to expect from your tank from begginning -till your tank matures more and more.
I found them very useful as had half an idea off what to expect in diatoms then the green algaes come and go as we go through the ugly stages at begginning off a tanks life,then I researched and found out which cuc ate which algae ( well preferred or known to eat) then decided what cuc members and how many and how often to add them) then I'm convinced my ugly stage wasn't as ugly and was more prepared and confident as I built up my experience around my tank and my saltwater journey .
Knowledge is power as they say.
Also what I found helped was pick a thread on r2r that was interested in and read it then went bottom off page and picked another and broadened my knowledge on many things reef related.
Good luck

 

[ying yang]

What is that!! A R2R guide to common new tank hitchhikers.

One of the greatest things about starting a reef tank is getting your live rock in and admiring all the diversity within it. The rock comes to life different creatures. This is a guide that I, along with a very well known critter identifier @KJ , have put together for the new reefer on what...

www.reef2reef.com

Here a few threads /articles that maybe off use to you

Nuisance Algae ID Guide

A good guide to identify most of the nuisance algae that plagues the hobby. Complete with pictures and suggested treatments

www.reefcleaners.org

5 Minute Saltwater Aquarium Guide - Bulk Reef Supply

A series of 5 Minute videos designed to guide beginners through the setup of a saltwater aquarium. \n \n

www.bulkreefsupply.com

Here is one youtube channel I mentioned which covers lots of things related to reef tanks,there's lots of other channels that are good also.
These are quick 5 minute basic guides but they do other more lengthy ones on again,reef related topic

 

[shakacuz]

nerite snails and ninja star astrea snails will work wonders on that