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paul_219  Banned Posts: 71 Kudos: 47 Votes: 4 Registered: 25-Dec-2005   | i have some brown things growing on the plant in my tanks and shells and the plastic pipe. what could they be 10x |
 Posted 01-Jun-2006 22:54 |     |
JQW  Fish Addict Posts: 869 Kudos: 758 Registered: 09-Apr-2003  | brown algae or diatoms how long has your tank been setup? and do you have light over the tank? ususally caused by silicate or low light, silicate will decrease with time and water change, you can inprove the light to deal with low light problem. |
| Posted 01-Jun-2006 22:59 |    |
GirlieGirl8519  Fish Master *Malawi Planter* Posts: 1468 Kudos: 1029 Votes: 35 Registered: 25-Mar-2005   | It may be algae. Can you show us a picture? You will have to use photobucket.com or imageshack.com to post a picture. Its hard to say what it is without seeing it. Brown things could be anything. |
| Posted 01-Jun-2006 23:00 | |
Garofoli Big Fish Posts: 337 Kudos: 143 Votes: 27 Registered: 12-Apr-2006 | I would say it sounds like Brown Algae, Do you have a cleanup crew at all? BTW Post 100!   /:' Chris |
| Posted 02-Jun-2006 01:39 |  |
| GirlieGirl8519 Fish Master *Malawi Planter* Posts: 1468 Kudos: 1029 Votes: 35 Registered: 25-Mar-2005 | Please don't tell the guy to get more fish for his 10g...he has enough already.  |
| Posted 02-Jun-2006 02:42 | |
| Garofoli Big Fish Posts: 337 Kudos: 143 Votes: 27 Registered: 12-Apr-2006 |  Me? Chris |
| Posted 02-Jun-2006 03:22 | |
| GirlieGirl8519 Fish Master *Malawi Planter* Posts: 1468 Kudos: 1029 Votes: 35 Registered: 25-Mar-2005 | No, the guy that posted the topic. He is extremely overstocked in his 10g..that is probably one source of his algae problem. Paul: make sure you only leave your hood lights on for about 8 hours. If you can add some plants in there, that will help a little with the algae. If you have low light, some good plants are java fern, anubias, and crypts. The first two mentioned will need to be attached to rocks or driftwood. Clean out all the algae you can. I would do twice weekly water changes, since you are overstocked. Do atleast 40% each time. |
| Posted 02-Jun-2006 15:52 | |
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