algea opinions wanted, 4 month old tank

[briking1977]

I am new to saltwater my tank is a 55 gallon, it was set up with live sand, all dry rock, cycled out, then a green spotted puffer was added, a purple dottyback and a damsel fish.

I use instant ocean reef crystals for my salt mix, my Temp stays at 81 degrees and my parameters are staying stable.

36 days ago I added one of the pink carolinne algea in a bottle, and 3 weeks ago one of the purple helix carolinne algea in a bottle.

I now have this green and reddish/ orange rusty looking stuff exploding in my tank, on glass, heaters, power heads, rock, and in my sand.

Google lens says it is in fact carolinne algea, I would love more opinions on this from seasond reefers please. I have attached some pics.

My end goal is adding soft corals easy to start with, but understand if I can't get carolinne going, I probably shouldn't proceed just yet.

Any ways to make it short there is not an ounce of purples or pinks from what I can see any where, so questioning if Google lens is accurate.

Thanks anyone will to give some thoughts

 

[Saltyreef]

Normal.
Its the algae populations finding a happy medium.
Diatoms and possibly some cyano it looks like. Just let it run its course but if the cyano gets too out of hand you can do some manual removal and add some chemi clean or the like.
The coraline will take time to develop and you will likely notice spots popping up on the glass first.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Looks like diatoms to me. You will most likely notice coralline algae on your plastic power heads first.

 

[Lavey29]

Agree normal film algae in new tank on dead rock. It's ok though this is part of the evolution during the first year. Coraline typically shows up first on plastic parts like powerheads long before the rocks.

 

[briking1977]

Thanks for your responses and help everyone