Algae Growth Cycle

[Damo.Lo]

Hey 

I know this has been asked exhaustively spoken about but my issue is wording to try and research it my self.

 

the tank is still in its infancy and I have a basic understanding of algae comes and goes as the balance is made in the tank.

but more curiosity then worry, the decorations and gravel(white) is turning into a brown/orange/copper colour. Will this go away and then back to its natural colour once balance is made or just come to terms with my new substrate colour? 

[Jack.of.all.aquariums]

The brown you are getting is diatoms. There is a dusty kind and a filamentous kind. I tend to get the filamentous types in my fresh setups. In my experience, it does fade away after some time. Snails love it so I usually just toss in a bunch of 'pest' snails into my new tanks to speed up the process but they are not required to make it go away.

[Damo.Lo]

On 7/29/2022 at 7:39 AM, Jack.of.all.aquariums said:

The brown you are getting is diatoms. There is a dusty kind and a filamentous kind. I tend to get the filamentous types in my fresh setups. In my experience, it does fade away after some time. Snails love it so I usually just toss in a bunch of 'pest' snails into my new tanks to speed up the process but they are not required to make it go away.

Thank you very much, I was going to get snails before this came up but wanted abit more bacteria to grow but now I think the tanks ready haha, now another rabbit hole of research to go down