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I have a 80 gallon tank that has a brown algae problem as my town water has high phosphates.
Has anyone tried Fluval Green-X Phosphate Remover?
How may bags should I use at one time?
Will this remove the phosphates, or does it have something in it that kills the algae as well?

Hi,
Just how long has this tank been in service?

"Brown Algae" is actually an outbreak, or "bloom"
of diatoms.
While a diatom bloom can occur at any time in the
life of an aquarium, they generally occur in newly
set up tanks. In a new tank, the gravel which is
mostly made up of quartz gravel, will have an
excess of silica for the diatoms to feed on.
Low light, little if any currents, and lack
of maintenance (water changes and gravel vacuuming)
in the tank encourage their growth.

This is one of may sites dealing with the "Brown Algae"
problem:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Freshwater-Aquarium-3216/Brown-Algae-3.htm#b

Frank


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This is a one year old tank. The brown algae has been around for almost as long. I do 1/4 to 1/3 water change a week. Lots of current as I have a power head. I do only have one 40 Watt florescent light which is a little on the low side but a new 4 foot light is costly. So I would like to try this phosphate remover first.