New tank algea

[Jspires688]

New tank has brown dust like algea on everything all perimeters are good what could be the cause

 

[Rutrag]

That's incredibly common in new tanks. It should set dying out and being replaced by "higher" algaes in a week or so.

 

[My Little Ocean]

I believe these are diatoms have a read on them not beneficial at all but good sign in a new tank that the chemical reactions are happening, I would dusts them off and siphon out as they can get out of control

 

[Jspires688]

Ok good I set this tank up with water and live rock from my other tank this one is only ten gallons so I never had a cycle I was afraid this was something to do with that

 

[My Little Ocean]

I would watch your phosphates as these feed on it

 

[Jspires688]

I checked them they are at .25 which is what my larger tank seems to stay at too

 

[My Little Ocean]

Remember if they are feeding on them you will get a false reading

 

[Jspires688]

Ya what's the best way to get rid of them

 

[My Little Ocean]

I had the same at the start of my tank all I did was add phosphate remover to filter, dust/scrape diatoms off let the water settle and siphon gravel about a weeks worth of battling and never had it since, also you can get diatom filters but I think thats if you can't control it. Let me know how you get on.

 

[Jspires688]

Thanks for the help I will update with progress

 

[My Little Ocean]

How you doing with the diatoms?

 

[Jspires688]

Right now they are the same I am just letting them run there course I think they will go away

 

[newbjank]

Hey I'm just finishing my cycle and I had the same brown string like algae your speaking of. From What I've read these are diatoms. <correct me if I'm wrong. All I did for treating it was using my magnetic cleaner. I think what really eliminated it was RO water I started topping off with. I finally stopped being lazy and payed .29 cents a gallon refill at my local Meijer.
I haven't seen the algea pop back up since then. Maybe this will help ya. Good luck