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Hi everyone! I'm a learning tank keeper and I am facing a problem unique to me. I used to have a huge issue with hair algae, but keeping my DIY CO2 regular, staying on top of water changes, and using Flourish Excel has it pretty much defeated atm. I would like to stop using Excel at some point since it stunted a few of my plant species but it is just so effective against algae... Right now I face an odd brown fuzz growing at the base of my hairgrass.
Here's a picture of the tank taken a few minutes ago:
You can see the brown stuff most evidently on the right-hand side of the tank. It even pearls just like my plants do! Is that just brown algae? I lost my Oto a few months ago and he used to keep that stuff down so well I haven't seen it in this tank for a long time.
Here's a picture of the tank taken a few minutes ago:

You can see the brown stuff most evidently on the right-hand side of the tank. It even pearls just like my plants do! Is that just brown algae? I lost my Oto a few months ago and he used to keep that stuff down so well I haven't seen it in this tank for a long time.