What is this algae and how to get rid of it?

[NLarg]

Hello,

The algae (I think) in the picture below is growing, it is ugly and I don't know what it is. It's forming like "bubbles" on the live rock. On the sand, it is like hair.

Please, could you guys give me any advice to how to get rid of it?

BIOCUBE 13 gal
"Day light" is on only 3 hours a day, then is the "blue light"
2 clown fish only
I just started like 3 months ago.

TIA

 

[ChiCity]

just the uglies of a new tank
(most likely cyano)

 

[Reeflix]

This is the uglies, and this looks like Cyano, I would start with manual removal, while it (probably, no guarantees) will go away on its own, really ugly, just vacuum it up, and let it go away.

 

[NLarg]

just the uglies of a new tank
(most likely cyano)

And?

 

[NLarg]

This is the uglies, and this looks like Cyano, I would start with manual removal, while it (probably, no guarantees) will go away on its own, really ugly, just vacuum it up, and let it go away.

Thank you. Any chemical product to help?

 

[SPS2020]

Thank you. Any chemical product to help?

NO! Do not try to circumvent the ugly stage with chemicals; it is natural and we all had to go through it.

 

[ChiCity]

And?

Thank you. Any chemical product to help?

… lol, on the right rack

 

[Reeflix]

Thank you. Any chemical product to help?

Don’t use chemicals during this stage, it normal! Just keep to manual removal for now

 

[Reeflix]

give it about a month to go away, and then consider something else, a more natural removal, as chemicals are, well chemicals and can cause other problems.

 

[UMALUM]

Thank you. Any chemical product to help?

First of all it's your tank and you can do as you please. Just because your tank is new doesn't mean it has to go threw what people have coined for every algae and bacteria phase as " the ugly stage". There's plenty of established systems that get cyano its part of the hobby sometimes and has nothing to do with the age of your tank. If your happy with your #s and simply tiered of looking at it you can buy chemiclean and be done with it. It's not diatom and will not just go away on its own as suggested above. But yes to answer your QUESTION there is a treatment that has been out for years and if used correctly will have no adverse effects on you tanks inhabitants.

 

[Reeflix]

Yes, it is your tank, and yes you can use chemiclean, it is totally safe to use, the only reason that I didn’t suggest it was some people say that it will reduce some good bacteria. Now, I have no idea if that is true and I can not verify these claims, but your tank is new and probably has lower levels of bacteria I didn’t want to be the cause of any problems that could arise.

 

[NLarg]

First of all it's your tank and you can do as you please. Just because your tank is new doesn't mean it has to go threw what people have coined for every algae and bacteria phase as " the ugly stage". There's plenty of established systems that get cyano its part of the hobby sometimes and has nothing to do with the age of your tank. If your happy with your #s and simply tiered of looking at it you can buy chemiclean and be done with it. It's not diatom and will not just go away on its own as suggested above. But yes to answer your QUESTION there is a treatment that has been out for years and if used correctly will have no adverse effects on you tanks inhabitants.

Thank you for the explanation! As a beginner, I just want to learn and be better along the way. I will give it a try.

 

[NLarg]

Yes, it is your tank, and yes you can use chemiclean, it is totally safe to use, the only reason that I didn’t suggest it was some people say that it will reduce some good bacteria. Now, I have no idea if that is true and I can not verify these claims, but your tank is new and probably has lower levels of bacteria I didn’t want to be the cause of any problems that could arise.

Thank you. Make sense.

 

[NLarg]

NO! Do not try to circumvent the ugly stage with chemicals; it is natural and we all had to go through it.

Thank you.

 

[CoralB]

If it is cyano which is a bacteria you can use a good bacteria like brightwells microbactor 7 to out compete it . It’s very important when you have cyano is to not let your phosphates and nitrates zero out .