Is it time for a clean up crew?

[makofury]

Hello everyone, my tank has been setup since late August, I got two perculas and two domino damsels in it, which were put in September. The tank is a 65 gallon with 60 lbs of Nature's Ocean Live Sand. Since I was in college this entire time, when I returned I saw a lot of brown algae coated along the decorations. However, this doesn't look like the algae that I used to see in my older tanks, it is very thick and looks like tentacles. I'm wondering if the live sand had anything to do with it. I sort of want to get a cleanup crew. My water conditions are perfect. However, my salinit is a little low i believe, 1.019. I was wondering what requirements I needed to purchase a clean-up crew and what other types of fish I can add now that the tank is a bit more matured. Some of the algae on the tank is green but the majority of it is brown. I was just wondering what exactly this is and how it affects my tank. Thanks for any replies.
MakoFury

 

[fshhub]

sounds like it is just part of the algae cycle, nothing to worry about,
if you want to clean it up, yes, some algae eaters will help
i'd opt for a couple of trochus snails, they are a bit more expensive(over the turbos), but they can uprihgt themselves, greatly reducing the chance of loss
and an algae blenny or lawnmower
we have 4 trochus and an blenny, in our 75, and they are doing an outstanding job, keeping 95% of it gone(which is good, because it is not unsightly, yet there is still food for them)
HTH