White fur stuff on everything!!

wiltonk44 · Mar 17, 2020

Hey everyone, Im new to the saltwater game. I have a 29g tank set up with 2 powers heads, 30lbs of live rock, carib sea live sand and an AC50. This strange stuff has grown all over my rocks. It comes off easily with a toothbrush. The video attached is before scrubbing. The tanks been cycling for about 3 weeks and I added 2 clownfish to help it go and I use Seachem Stability to quicken the pace of cycling. I know the green is just green hair algae but what is all that other stuff? Its on my powerheads as well. Any incite would be excellent!!

Brad Waddell Wrath's Reef · Mar 17, 2020

Looks like you are starting the Ugly stage.

wiltonk44 · Mar 17, 2020

Wrath said:
Looks like you are starting the Ugly stage.

What does that mean lol

ccombs · Mar 17, 2020

wiltonk44 said:
What does that mean lol

It means good things are happening and the rock is maturing. We call it the uglies, because your tank will do some ugly stuff and there might be different types of algae that start popping up.

W1ngz · Mar 17, 2020

The white is probably a bacteria of some sort. It will die off in time, replaced by something else, maybe the hair algae. Then something else, and again after that.

Remove what you can, but don't stress about it or get discouraged by it. All the various bits of life each take hold and eventually find a balance with your help (and a few crabs and snails) and will look great!