Pinkish-Red Algae-good or bad

[Susanedw]

Turned on the lights this morning and I see this pinky-red stuff on some rocks and sand. My tank has dry rock, but my daughter gave me some coral frags on some rock, plus I bought a coral on a rock frag, so if it is good stuff, it came in on coral frags.

Girl at LFS said not to do a water change yet--to wait a month. Am & Nitrites 0, Nitrates 10-15

Tank specs: RS Max c250 all in one.
Tank is 12 days old and cycled (used biospira). Added 2 clowns on the 23rd and they are happy and added an assortment of corals that are happy so far. GBTA is hiding in a deep crevice in a rock. Assuming she can get out of there is she wants. Turned off wavemaker until I can put netting around it in case the GBTA goes walkabout. Feather duster is also happy.

Have 3 cerith, 2 turbans, 4 Narsarious snails. One pic shows the frag with some stuff on it. If the stuff isn't the bad cyano, then it came from this frag. If it's bad, do I do nothing and let it play out or take some action

 

[Susanedw]

Not on sand. I looked again and don't see any. just rock, esp. where I was trying out some of the coral frags

 

[cracker]

Hi Miss Susan, If this tank is only 12 days old ,You will see all kinds of stuff come and go. Please consider not adding any critters for a while !

 

[mr_tap_water]

Hi there in my opinion the first picture looks like Cyano , A couple of things worth a try is increase your circulation so you have no dead spots and if it's only in small areas like the first picture try cleaning it off with a toothbrush, and as said above you will get all types in the beginning and may burn itself out if you're lucky.[emoji846]


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[Susanedw]

The cyano seems to be going away. After a couple of hours of wavemaker back on and lights, it disappears. Next morning, just a touch but in different spots and not bad. Just a hint of it. My tank seems to be dealing with it on its own at present.