[wbohannon1]

Hey there.

I have lots of stuff that I need identified. Im gonna get em together and organized so they ca be presented in a professional manner. But before I do that, my tank is about 2 1/2 monthes old. I have two types of live rock. Some African stuff and Fiji. There is a brown algae like coating that has grown on most of the surface areas, along with some fans and various hitchhikers.

I guess my question is: Should I clean off the brown crud and risk losing some of my beneficial life?

Thanks for the info

[glampka]

The brown stuff is probably a diatom bloom. Happens with new tanks. Get yourself a clean-up crew - that should take care of the problem. Also check water quality, diatom blooms can come from high silicates.