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Originally Posted by DACJ
Brown algae is starting to grow on the rocks, I hope it's not gonna over grow too much cause I only planned to put CUC in the tank next saturday...one week of time will probably get the tank real dirty...full of slime algae eh?
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The brown algae that you are seeing is called Diatoms and is perfectly normal in a new tank. There are a few "Phases" that a new tank will go through and this is just one of them. My Biocube has been set up for just over a month using live rock from another tank and I am still experiencing a bit of a hair algae bloom right now. Most new tanks will also go through a hair algae phase as well.