algae

[asylumdown]

If this were any other condition than a cycling tank, I would agree with you. Unwanted algae growth should be dealt with in a mature system, and there's a myriad of tools available to do that. But the first step in dealing with an algae problem is figuring out why it's happening and addressing that. In a tank that hasn't even finished it's nitrite peak, the cause of the algae is clear - it's the tank cycling process. Scrubbing it now is likely to be a futile effort and will more than likely do more harm than good given the way the OP appears to be seeding his tank.

If after a month or so of the cycle being 'complete', that algae is either still spreading or hasn't receded, then I would look in to doing something about it. In that case I would first try manually removing as much of it as possible to see if it was just a hold-over from the cycling process, and if it continued to grow back at a rate that I found unacceptable, I'd look at a combined approach of appropriate herbivores and nutrient reduction strategies. But not during or immediately following the cycle in a tank with mixed live and dead rock like that