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Since I am fairly new to the hobby I still have a lot to learn. I am just wanting everyone's opinion on this. Does this look like OK algae or cyano? Thanks in advance for the input!

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Needs photo (missing from post). Thanks!

yeah photos would probably help huh? lol sorry about that, had to resize them and just never got around to it. here they are.

It's not harmful, just ugly! Remove it manually. I believe it's called brown diatoms??

Some of my tanks get it, some don't. My tanks with the least light get it quicker.

Rtr should know its exact name.. I think it's called diatoms though.

purplecandle wrote:It's not harmful, just ugly! Remove it manually. I believe it's called brown diatoms??

Some of my tanks get it, some don't. My tanks with the least light get it quicker.

Rtr should know its exact name.. I think it's called diatoms though.

Thanks a lot for the input! If its not harmful i will just continue removing it from the front pane of glass, for display purposes. I will leave it on the sides and LR as it seems that my CUC is fond of it.

(CUC consists of 3 hermits, an emerald crab, 2 peppermint shrimp, margarita snail, and a chocolate chip starfish.)

I imagine that the fact that i am using tap water rather than RO fuels the growth of it substantially, eventually i plan to switch to RO only, but my funds are rather low atm.

A lot of new tanks get diatoms, your cleanup crew will enjoy them whilst they last. Using tap water will likely boost the amount