Hi everyone,
I am new to the saltwater world and new to this forum. I am in my 3rd week of cycling my new 55g tank and algae seemed to grow over night once I got the right lighting. I was wondering if this is normal that it looks kinda brown to me, and from what I've read, brown is bad. Right? It has little hairs clinging to the base rock which I am assuming is just algae too. If I can get a picture of it I will post it to help determine what color it is.
A quick rundown of the tank......55 gal, biowheel, skimmer, heater, powerhead, about 25 lbs of base rock, live sand, Nova T-5 10000k actinic, 216 watts *I think*, and 6 Damsels....All of my levels are where they should be and in fact, I am in the middle of the nitrate spike right now. I think I am doing everyhthing right so not too worried, but if I am, please point it out. But in the meantime I still wonder, should I have a brownish algae on the base rock at this stage of the game? Thanks in advance for any advice. I will try to post a pic soon.
Eddie
I am new to the saltwater world and new to this forum. I am in my 3rd week of cycling my new 55g tank and algae seemed to grow over night once I got the right lighting. I was wondering if this is normal that it looks kinda brown to me, and from what I've read, brown is bad. Right? It has little hairs clinging to the base rock which I am assuming is just algae too. If I can get a picture of it I will post it to help determine what color it is.
A quick rundown of the tank......55 gal, biowheel, skimmer, heater, powerhead, about 25 lbs of base rock, live sand, Nova T-5 10000k actinic, 216 watts *I think*, and 6 Damsels....All of my levels are where they should be and in fact, I am in the middle of the nitrate spike right now. I think I am doing everyhthing right so not too worried, but if I am, please point it out. But in the meantime I still wonder, should I have a brownish algae on the base rock at this stage of the game? Thanks in advance for any advice. I will try to post a pic soon.
Eddie