What kind of algae is this on my glass??

[Hetts]

I’ve had this algae that keeps reappearing on the glass of my tank within a day or two after I wipe it all off. What is it??

 

[Adam_M]

Not sure, but most tanks have similar algae. Just scrub it off a few times a week.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Diatoms with algae adhering to it. Magnetic scraper will easily remove but ultimately. . . . Increase Clean up crew adding some:
Turbo snails
astrea snails
Trochus snail
Nassarius snails
a handful of blue leg hermits

These will keep this in check

 

[Hetts]

Diatoms with algae adhering to it. Magnetic scraper will easily remove but ultimately. . . . Increase Clean up crew adding some:
Turbo snails
astrea snails
Trochus snail
Nassarius snails
a handful of blue leg hermits

These will keep this in check

I’ve got all of that already but I guess I need to get more

 

[Pistondog]

I’ve got all of that already but I guess I need to get more

Some of us will always need to clean the front glass.
Anyone not have to do this may be running a low nutrient tank.

 

[Oropher]

diatoms, brown hair algae. they are part of cycling stage. they will get worse then disappear.
since you don't have coral (please don't put any coral, at least not until ugly phase is gone), you could turn off the light. fish are not photosynthetic,

 

[Hetts]

diatoms, brown hair algae. they are part of cycling stage. they will get worse then disappear.
since you don't have coral (please don't put any coral, at least not until ugly phase is gone), you could turn off the light. fish are not photosynthetic,

My tank is 4 months old and I have coral

 

[ScottR]

I feel turning off lights for diatoms is pointless. They will survive off silicates in the tank (from mostly likely sand and possibly rock). Once the silicates are eaten up, they die off. Roughly month 6 they start to disappear. There are silicates removing products like phosguard but it also strips phosphates so may not be purposeful.