Marine: Brown algae

Mark A. Odell · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 14

I have a new 54 Gallon corner tank that has finally cycled. I put 4
damsels in Monday and they seem quite happy. Anyhow, while the tank was
cycling I noticed brown algae growing on the sandy bottom and on the
glass. It seems to continue to grow although not at an alarming rate.

What should I do? Is there a fish or shrimp that will eat it? Is it
harmful or just not pretty to look at?

Thanks.

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richard reynolds · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 113

diatom algae its normal, it will go away on its own as your tank matures.

there are a number of things that will consume it, just dont get something
that must consume it, its not really a problem, there are things that will
make it grow more new bulbs, disrupted cycle, silicates from your water. if
you think on it a second 2 of the 3 are things every new tank must go thru.
so you have it Smile

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Mark A. Odell wrote in message@130.133.1.4...
> I have a new 54 Gallon corner tank that has finally cycled. I put 4
> damsels in Monday and they seem quite happy. Anyhow, while the tank was
> cycling I noticed brown algae growing on the sandy bottom and on the
> glass. It seems to continue to grow although not at an alarming rate.
>
> What should I do? Is there a fish or shrimp that will eat it? Is it
> harmful or just not pretty to look at?
>
> Thanks.
>
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Mark A. Odell · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 14

"richard reynolds" wrote in$R92.2012@news2.central.cox.net:

>> I have a new 54 Gallon corner tank that has finally cycled. I put 4
>> damsels in Monday and they seem quite happy. Anyhow, while the tank was
>> cycling I noticed brown algae growing on the sandy bottom and on the
>> glass. It seems to continue to grow although not at an alarming rate.
>>
>> What should I do? Is there a fish or shrimp that will eat it? Is it
>> harmful or just not pretty to look at?
>>
> diatom algae its normal, it will go away on its own as your tank
> matures.
>
> there are a number of things that will consume it, just dont get
> something that must consume it, its not really a problem, there are
> things that will make it grow more new bulbs, disrupted cycle, silicates
> from your water. if you think on it a second 2 of the 3 are things
> every new tank must go thru. so you have it Smile

Thanks for the reply. BTW, I guess my tank hasn't matured yet. 3 of 4 of
my damsels are either very ill looking or dead. They seem to swim looking
straight up and their color is bad. I've check all chemicals and temp. and
all seems okay (e.g. amonia = .025, nitrite = ND, nitrate = low, s.g. =
1.0215, and temp = 78degF). The illness seemed to occur after feeding them
a bit of frozen brine shrimp, dried blood worms, and marine flakes. I'm
rather saddened by their condition.

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