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I love my tank but, it looks like hell. Bubbly rust colored algae is everywhere and after almost 4 weeks doesn't seem to be getting better. I so miss my nice clean reef tank. I guess I just need some sympathy. With my limited experience (tank is now just 6 months old) I am guess these are "dinos". I am hoping and praying that this is just the "ugly" phase of the process. Thanks for listening to me whine.

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I love my tank but, it looks like hell. Bubbly rust colored algae is everywhere and after almost 4 weeks doesn't seem to be getting better. I so miss my nice clean reef tank. I guess I just need some sympathy. With my limited experience (tank is now just 6 months old) I am guess these are "dinos". I am hoping and praying that this is just the "ugly" phase of the process. Thanks for listening to me whine.

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Could be cyano, post a pic. HANG IN THERE!
 

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post a picture maybe we can help. I just finished *fingers crossed* a battle with cyano that was no fun, but thankfully the tank is starting to look nice again.
 

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Send a pic or two to help us determine what is is. Im suspecting an outbreak of diatoms
 

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Is is powdery? Blows off the rocks easy? Could be an easy fix, no despair necessary!
 
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It is actually worse than this, this was last week. It's getting on the back of the tank now also. I think it gets caught is the coraline algae growing back there.
 

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