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Hello everyone,

I realize this topic has been discussed to no end within the forum, but I am having the hardest time getting rid of a brownish almost pasty algae once and for all.

Here's the deal. I have 2 tanks and the 1st tank was setup over two years ago and I had no problems with the brown algae. My second tank a 30 gallon has now been setup for almost 4 months and still has the brown algae no matter what I do.

To date. The 30 gallon has roughly 28 inches of fish (tiger barbs, rosy barbs and a rtbs). I perform 25% weekly water changes, I check the water quality for everything biweekly and the only problem is a little water hardness, the tank has 5 sword plants that are growing very well, the bulb is a Flora-Glo, the tank is in a room with a window (but on opposite sides of the room), I have a 30 gallon Whisper filter in the tank that I keep at moderate water flow, and I have checked my fish food (various TetraMin flakes, Hikari bloodworms and Hikari algae wafers)and they all have the same amounts of phosphates. At this point I would expect the tank to not have the nasty brown algae. I should add I this brown algae is not like green algae. It is very gooey and attaches itself to the glass and the water intake tube, but is easily removed.

Any Suggestions?

Thanks,
Chris

hi cmreds you are cursed with brown i have a problem with bb but with keeping my phosphates down and using flourish excel i can keep on top of things have a look at plantgeek.net they have some good info also ucaps.co.uk

hope this is of some help

cheers
papasan.

sorry it is ukaps

Hi Chris,
Try changing the bulb from Flora Glow to Flora Sun
or any other bulb that has the word "Sun" in its title.
Diatoms (brown algae) thrive in water rich in silica
with low current and low light.

Frank


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