Brown algae

[telster]

Hi peeps, I've got brown algae grown in on my live rock and sand, it seem to be spreading quite quickly.

Is brown algae anygood?

Any info would be great, thanks.

 

[Navarre]

At a guess i would imagine the tank is fairly newly setup?

If so then this is a natural part of the maturing process. Baasically its a Diatom Algea and feeds on silicates that are in the water and sand etc.

Are you using RO Water? if not then i would recomend this as you are likely to get algea blooms.

 

[telster]

Not using RO water at the mo but was intending to start this weekend.

Thanks for the info