What is this growing?

MarineDan · Jul 13, 2016

Hi all, what is all of this stuff growing on my rocks? Its annoying me now lol.

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Duke4Life · Jul 13, 2016

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MarineDan · Jul 13, 2016

Duke4Life said:
Do you need 2 have an account 2 Be able 2 see?

Sorry don't know why that didn't work properly..

garra671 · Jul 13, 2016

MarineDan said:
Sorry don't know why that didn't work properly..

Looks like a brand new tank considering how bleached out the rocks and sand are. And I'm assuming you're new too the hobby since you aren't familiar with diatoms. That's what the brown algae is. It's part of the cycling process new tanks go through and will more than likely be a regular battle; due to many things such as low maintenance, over feeding, bad water quality in general. As of now it's due too the tank being brand new, read up on the cycling process of saltwater tanks.

Nihilus · Jul 13, 2016

Check this out.

http://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

HTH.

MarineDan · Jul 13, 2016

garra671 said:
Looks like a brand new tank considering how bleached out the rocks and sand are. And I'm assuming you're new too the hobby since you aren't familiar with diatoms. That's what the brown algae is. It's part of the cycling process new tanks go through and will more than likely be a regular battle; due to many things such as low maintenance, over feeding, bad water quality in general. As of now it's due too the tank being brand new, read up on the cycling process of saltwater tanks.

Hi Thanks for the reply. Yes I am new to the hobby and this is a brand new tank currentky going through the cycle.. I do know the cycle process but didn't know about this thats why I posted..

MarineDan · Jul 13, 2016

Nihilus said:
Check this out.

http://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

HTH.

Thank you for your help much appreciated! So more so out of curiosity.. Is it best if i remove this myself or just let it run its course and assuming it will clear itself with regular water changes and obviously the clean up crew when I'm able to start putting them in.

Thanks again

Nihilus · Jul 13, 2016

Assuming your using a decent water source such as RO/DI, your not overstocked or overfeeding then yes, this stuff should just go away on it's own. It's pretty much anybody's guess when this will happen exactly, but adding a few snails in the meantime will definitely help. GL.

Don't forget to look into things like Reactors, GFO & GAC too.