What's Red and Rusty - Algae?

[shaywood]

What kind of algae is growing on in my new tank? It's red and looks like rust? It's starting to cover things in the tank. It wipes off easily.

 

[tazdevil]

That would probably be slime algae, the scurge!!
check phosphate and nitrate levels, it seems to like those. Also look for any waste in tank, or in any filtration sponges etc, clean in old saltwater from tank during a water change. When changing water, suck it up as well.