stuwalters Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 just looked at my sons tropical tank and since we put a small light above it we have noticed a brown alge growing on one of the rocks and on some of the plastic plants, any ideas how to get rid of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 How long has the tank been running? I find that i always get a round of brown algae on newly setup tanks. after a week or so the tank tends to balance itself out a bit better(nutrient wise) and the brown algae soon disapears. Try increasing the period of lighting and see what happens then. my 2cents worth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuwalters Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Tank has been going for about 2 months, i will leave the light on longer and give it a good water change and see if that works. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Do you have/want an algae eater? Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuba Sam Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I had it covering everything that light fell on. Put the algae eater in, within an hour could see the tracks where he had been hoovering it up. Next day all gone. Tireless worker!! Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuwalters Posted February 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 whats an alge eater, i would like one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 There are quite a number of fish referred to as "algae eaters". This does not necessarily mean that if you add one of them to your tank it will eat all the algae Different algae eaters like different algae and often none of them like whichever alage it is you have in your tank :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Recommend a common bristlenose. Grow to 10cm, but take a long time, and will live in small tanks no problems. Will sort out your algae and dont need big places to live. Just when you're out of algae, you might need to feed him too Also you need a piece of driftwood, size doesn't matter, just as long as he has some wood to naw on (driftwood, not regular wood cause it rots ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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