brown algae

actually my specs are in my sig

and it atarted happening after i added my 2 plant bulbs... the 2 flora-sun

I only got brown algae after adding PH Down. Turns out the stuff has phosphates in it and brown algae loves that. Unless your sure phosphates aren't the problem I would try a phosphate remover product.

keep wiping it off till your tank gets established better? reduce your photoperiod?

is it just like a coating on everything? or is it more of a blob or tuft of brown algae?

could it possibly be rhizoclonium? sometimes rhizo can be brown
anywho this site usually helps with algae battles

http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm not mine but is an easy go to for referencing

boringname said:

I only got brown algae after adding PH Down. Turns out the stuff has phosphates in it and brown algae loves that. Unless your sure phosphates aren't the problem I would try a phosphate remover product.

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Plants need phosphates to grow, phosphate removers are a bad idea for planted tanks.

How long has the tank been running? Diatoms and brown algae are common in new tank setups. Sometimes all you can do is remove what you can and wait it out until the tank matures.

tank has been up for almost a year..... and its a coating on everything

j-gens said:

keep wiping it off till your tank gets established better? reduce your photoperiod?

is it just like a coating on everything? or is it more of a blob or tuft of brown algae?

could it possibly be rhizoclonium? sometimes rhizo can be brown
anywho this site usually helps with algae battles

http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm not mine but is an easy go to for referencing

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my photo period is like 9 am to 10 pm so 13 hours

Why do you have such a long photoperiod? I would advise that you cut it down to 10 hours first, and then eventually down to 8 hours.

i agree with darkblade, you will have to battle it till your photoperiod is correct... just wipe everything down well at waterchange time and do bigger sized waterchanges maybe... when diatoms run their life cycle i think i read they actually release more silica into back into the water when they die... so when you wipe them off maybe it should be at water change time...

thanks for the tips guys

Any pics of the algae?