isakrad Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Hi Reefers! I just noticed I got some algae in my two week old reef tank. I'm not entirely sure what type of algae it is but it has a brown reddish color. It is on the rock and also on the substrate. It looks sort of like a spotted coat on the rocks, and is dotted on the subrate with some areas having like a coat like in the picture. What is the recommended steps to get rid of this? Water changes? Chemiclean? or something else? All help is appreciated! It was difficult to get a good picture, but I'll post the ones I took. I will try to take better pictures. Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Can you try to take some pics with the white lights on? Quote Link to comment
isakrad Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, banasophia said: Can you try to take some pics with the white lights on? Hope fully this is better 🙂 The blues were a little intense in the last one Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Looks to me like it’s time to add your clean up crew! I recommend a snail only starter crew from ReefCleaners. https://www.reefcleaners.org/when-to-add-a-clean-up-crew Also, nice scape!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
isakrad Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 minute ago, banasophia said: Looks to me like it’s time to add your clean up crew! I recommend a snail only starter crew from ReefCleaners. https://www.reefcleaners.org/when-to-add-a-clean-up-crew Okay! So that is not too bad? (I mean the algae) Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Probably diatoms... normal and good sign. 👍 And check out the algae ID section on ReefCleaners... if you’re ever unsure of the algae you have going on you can send a pic and he can confirm. 1 Quote Link to comment
isakrad Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Just now, banasophia said: Probably diatoms... normal and good sign. 👍 And check out the algae ID section on ReefCleaners... if you’re ever unsure of the algae you have going on you can send a pic and he can confirm. Thanks will do that if need be! 1 Quote Link to comment
Scotty Amen Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Congrats on the first sign of life in your tank! Diatoms, yay! 2 Quote Link to comment
isakrad Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 8 hours ago, Scotty Amen said: Congrats on the first sign of life in your tank! Diatoms, yay! Got a small cleanup crew from my LFS so it's not the only sign of life, lol 1 Quote Link to comment
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