New 29G BioCube

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Originally Posted by DACJ

Brown algae is starting to grow on the rocks, I hope it's not gonna over grow too much cause I only planned to put CUC in the tank next saturday...one week of time will probably get the tank real dirty...full of slime algae eh?

The brown algae that you are seeing is called Diatoms and is perfectly normal in a new tank. There are a few "Phases" that a new tank will go through and this is just one of them. My Biocube has been set up for just over a month using live rock from another tank and I am still experiencing a bit of a hair algae bloom right now. Most new tanks will also go through a hair algae phase as well.