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minkin

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Does anyone know why I'm getting this algae?

It's a 30g fowlr with 2 ocellaris clowns and 2 chromis.

Is it brown hair algae??
 

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It could be diatoms, Cyanobacteria, or the beginnings of hair algae. It's hard to tell from your picture. How old is your tank? New tanks pretty much always go through a diatom phase that burns itself out after a couple weeks. If it's an older tank, I'd check nitrates and phosphates both in the tank and in the source water.
 
The tank is just over 6 weeks old.

Thanks for in the info, much appreciated!
 
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