• Live rocks in the aquarium acquire a brownish tint; what is the reason?

  • Michael

Please tell me, J.K. (live stones) are covered with a yellow-brown shade, what could this be? Thank you for your answers.

Loretta5483

These are algae. Brown algae.

Breanna9982

What to do? Should we fight them or leave them?

James5103

Maybe the questions sound silly, but I'm a beginner and I haven't figured everything out yet.

Derek7322

In general, I figured it out myself, Googled it, and found all the answers. Thank you for the hint.

Sarah5423

If you have just added live rocks, then these are diatoms (the beginning of aquarium maturation), and they also appear with a large addition of dry reef rocks or live rocks to the system.

Rebecca

That's right, I've had the aquarium for two weeks, I added some stones, and then they started to take on a brownish tint, which scared me. Well, then I figured it out. We'll have to wait until they acquire a beautiful appearance, and it will take a long time.

Jacqueline6670

Well, not that long. A month at most. Then the green algae will come, those will last a bit longer, about two months.

Dawn6148

Can we launch a dog that eats algae? There will be plenty of food for it.

Angel628

It won't hurt.

Monica

You can also release some strombus snails - they are good bulldozers, although there are some that crawl on the walls.

Natasha

I have such And regarding the topic, wait for ripening. And periodically, you can "go over" the stones with a brush.