Starting to get brown algae

dearis · 03-16-2006, 05:16 AM

G'day,

I am starting to get brown tinge to my coral gravel, the tank is only 12days old and its not cycled is it normal to get that brown tinge/algae so soon? the tank is full with cycled rock if that will help

and will it correct itself once cycling has happened?

and what will eat it?

Regards Darren

theplatypus · 03-16-2006, 06:20 AM

Perfectly normal.

Casey · 03-16-2006, 06:25 AM

Yes normal it will go with time.

Loverotties · 03-16-2006, 07:03 AM

Yes very normal.It will go away!

dearis · 03-16-2006, 08:22 AM

thats good news thought i was doing something wrong

Chris86 · 03-16-2006, 09:35 AM

That is normal and it will go away later

Phishnoob · 03-16-2006, 09:36 AM

Yep that is good to have. Get one of those little suction hoses if you don't have one and a turkey baster. Blow it off the rocks and vacuum it right up when you do a water change. It will vanish on it's own though.

VWD · 03-16-2006, 09:50 AM

Like already said Normal part of the cycle.

Geoff · 03-16-2006, 09:56 AM

diatom bloom.

another month to wait before adding critters.

G~