Algae

reeformadness · 04/17/2006, 03:36 PM

I am cycling my new tank...and over the day, brown algae has started growing on the front glass exactly where the greatest water flow is...What is this? What should be done if anything.

leveldrummer · 04/17/2006, 03:49 PM

im going through the same problem myself, most of what i read, people seem to say leave it alone, and wait it our, it will die out as the nitrates get used, you can also grow some macro algea in your sump or in a HOB fuge, that will out-compete the undesired algae

reeformadness · 04/17/2006, 04:03 PM

Good. So I guess I don't even need to clean the glass for now? I luckily have some macroalgae growing on my live rock. The rock is getting some hair algae on it, but some purple stuff is growing on it too so I guess I should just wait and see what happens.

rustybucket145 · 04/17/2006, 04:12 PM

They are probably brown diatoms. Just a phase in the algal cycle. Ride it out. Green will likely follow brown, then you may experience some red cyano. Just keep an eye on them an be patient.

reeformadness · 04/17/2006, 04:22 PM

Thank you very much, i will wait and see.

04/17/2006, 03:36 PM	#1
reeformadness Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gulfport, MS Posts: 650	Algae I am cycling my new tank...and over the day, brown algae has started growing on the front glass exactly where the greatest water flow is...What is this? What should be done if anything.

04/17/2006, 04:12 PM	#4
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	They are probably brown diatoms. Just a phase in the algal cycle. Ride it out. Green will likely follow brown, then you may experience some red cyano. Just keep an eye on them an be patient. __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

04/17/2006, 03:49 PM	#2
leveldrummer Reefer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,831	im going through the same problem myself, most of what i read, people seem to say leave it alone, and wait it our, it will die out as the nitrates get used, you can also grow some macro algea in your sump or in a HOB fuge, that will out-compete the undesired algae

04/17/2006, 04:03 PM	#3
reeformadness Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gulfport, MS Posts: 650	Good. So I guess I don't even need to clean the glass for now? I luckily have some macroalgae growing on my live rock. The rock is getting some hair algae on it, but some purple stuff is growing on it too so I guess I should just wait and see what happens.

04/17/2006, 04:22 PM	#5
reeformadness Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gulfport, MS Posts: 650	Thank you very much, i will wait and see.