brown algae problem. HELP

coastie5685

coastie5685

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So i have been coming home to my entire tank cvered in brown algae...i have two emerald crabs. 1 clown, feather duster and red sea xenia. Xenia seems to be loving it... but it grows fast over everything... I used a cleaning pad to get off glass and a little off rock. Tanks been running a little over a month and i just changed two gallons yesterday...
 
coastie5685

coastie5685

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pics... soon. i just cleaned it off again this morning. and cycled? i have no idea. water parameters are perfect...
 
cal559

cal559

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It's looks like diatom algae, that happens when your about done with your cycle(the 1st 2-4weeks that your tank as been running). The diatoms will go away on it's own...whats your ammonia, nitrates, nitrites, ph and salt readings at?
 
cal559

cal559

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If your water conditions are like this:
ammonia: 0
nitrates: 0-20
nitrites:0
ph:8-8.3
Then add about 5 cerith, 4 astrea, 3 nassarius Snails...and then wait a week or 2 and see how your algae is doing then double them up if you need to...
 
coastie81

coastie81

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Pretty much gurantee it is diatoms, Since this is a new set-up and the first thing after it cycles is it will have a diatom algae outbreak. (don't worry it will go away). Everyone who starts a tank goes through it. Once the diatom algae has basically fed on all the (forget what it is called) it will start to go away. When I had my outbreak it was pretty bad for about a week then it started to go away. Then I had a battle with cyno, but got that all taken care off.
So basically don't worry it will go away. Just my .02
 
coastie81

coastie81

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if you are planning on having corals then you also need to test calcium, phosphates, alkanity and magnessium. Just giving you a heads up.
 
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