Whats this brown stuff on my rocks?

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I just woke up and i was checking out my tank, and i noticed this weird brown goop on this one rock
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How do I stop this? Im picking up live rock in an hour will that help?
I hate to say this but you can’t really stop it. The live rock WILL help get you through this time period faster. Checking your parameters and maintaining good water quality will also help but no… the uglies come to every tank.
 
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I hate to say this but you can’t really stop it. The live rock WILL help get you through this time period faster. Checking your parameters and maintaining good water quality will also help but no… the uglies come to every tank.
What parameter is the most importat? Last I checked po4 is 0
 

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my bad, the algae control test kit from red sea, phosphate n nitrate
Ahh, okay. I was confused when you said algae control. You might be confusing diatoms with dinos. Both are different forms of algae. Diatoms are associated with the maturing process of a tank, while Dinos are a cause of bottomed-out nutrients in your tank.
 

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Looks like diatoms, but they are nothing to worry about. They will run their course and disappear in a few weeks. That is unless you start dumping in all sorts of stuff trying to fight them and upset the balance in the tank by doing so.

Things will probably start turning green after the diatoms do their thing.
 
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Looks like diatoms, but they are nothing to worry about. They will run their course and disappear in a few weeks. That is unless you start dumping in all sorts of stuff trying to fight them and upset the balance in the tank by doing so.

Things will probably start turning green after the diatoms do their thing.
Im hoping the live rock will assist in removing the diatoms
 
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