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shon.preston
Thu, 5th Jul 2007, 08:46 PM
Hey all,
I'm pretty new to the aquarium scene, so forgive any ignorance :unsure
My tank is about 4 weeks old now, salt water, 72 gallon, 35 lbs of live rock, 80 lbs of white sand, 20 lbs of live sand mixed in, all levels are good, 2 green chromis', my cleaning crew consists of 5 turbo snails, a tuxedo urchin, a zebra hermit crab, and 2 blue legged hermit crabs (well possibly one now, my zebra jacked one's shell and now i can't find him anywhere). Anyway all of a sudden I have an enormous amount of brown algae on my live rock and sand and with my current cleaning crew it doesn't seem to be diminishing. What is the best/fastest way to get rid of all this brown algae and get my tank looking pretty again?

Thanks for any advice.
-shon

C.Mydas
Thu, 5th Jul 2007, 08:54 PM
http://greenmako.smugmug.com/photos/34723057-O.jpg

Your tank is still very young and still cycling. All new tanks go through this if you add to your bioload now you will create more problems. Just take it easy and it should go away.
-christina

urban79
Thu, 5th Jul 2007, 09:26 PM
Just give it time. Number one killer is time.

shon.preston
Thu, 5th Jul 2007, 09:55 PM
okaaaya, thanks for the advice :) I will wait it out. This hobby is great for teaching the art of patience! hehe