Algae problem

[Nakie31]

Hello can someone please identify this algae on the rock in this pic and if so how can I get rid of it. It looks red in the pic under blue rocks, but it is actually brown .

[Origami]

Are you sure it's an algae? It could be cyanobacteria. Can you blow it off with a turkey baster?

[Ricko4]

Not to cut in, but I have cyanobacteria, I think , can blow it off with a turkey baster,. . Any ideas of how to get rid off it, ,bought a few hermit crabs and snails

[gmerek2]

My astreas can *sometimes* eat it but it’s not very effective at all. In my tank it was just a new tank syndrome. It never came back. But sometimes it’s a nutrient issue. My old tank i would have it for two months then it would go away for two months. The cycle repeated itself several times only thing I could think of is it ate what it could then starved out until more nutrient built up

[molcott]

when I had cyano i used that red slime away and it hasnt been back