Identify my algae plz??

[si12ius]

Iernoz what it is exactly but, it doesnt seem like something to worry about. It is ORANGE/BROWN I saw little bits of it then overnight it just grew like wild fire its everywhere. Hopefully its safe, how did it come about?

 

[cichlidkid]

diatoms, is it a new tank?

 

[si12ius]

Originally Posted by cichlidKid
http:///forum/post/2511493
diatoms, is it a new tank?

Yes it is fairly new... I had for 6 month and just a got a coralife aqualight 10k's, actinics 2 weeks ago.

 

[heart & sole]

samething happened to me when i got my new lights...i just cut down on the amount of time my lights were on everyday and it went away in about a week...

 

[sk8shorty01]

I agree, cut down on your lighting cycle for about a week and then slowly bring it back to what you want it to be. Lets say right now you have it on for 10 hours a day, cut that to 6 and then this weekend change it to 8 and then next weekend change it to 10 and you should be good to go. These are diatoms and are quite common with new tanks, but also come about whenever lighting is upgraded. Should go away without adding anything, so I wouldn't worry to much.