My best guess is diatoms or brown algae
What is this!!!???
What are the brown patches on my substrate?
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A huge pain in my butt. I agree with mizuhuman that its diatoms.
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Im guessing the tank is fairly new? if so, diatoms and they will go away on their own usually within 3 weeks
No the tank has been going for like 4 months.
I have read that diatoms usually occurs in newly setup tanks AND/OR your water have high amounts of silicate. Also, it seems that low light is another cause as well.
In my opinion, don't get too frustrated with this algae because its really not that bad. its not bba or cladophera (those things are dreadful) so don't stress out too much. I have diatoms in my 29g for 2 years and its still there hahhahha.
If you want to get rid of it, get some otocinclus, snails, or bristlenose plecos. they should help reduce diatoms. Also, increase your lighting. That should really get rid of it. I had diatoms in my 75g until I replaced my old fixtures with two finnex fixtures (48" planted+ and normal fugeray). It increased the PAR to high-medium (I think) and I have not seen any diatoms since.
In my opinion, don't get too frustrated with this algae because its really not that bad. its not bba or cladophera (those things are dreadful) so don't stress out too much. I have diatoms in my 29g for 2 years and its still there hahhahha.
If you want to get rid of it, get some otocinclus, snails, or bristlenose plecos. they should help reduce diatoms. Also, increase your lighting. That should really get rid of it. I had diatoms in my 75g until I replaced my old fixtures with two finnex fixtures (48" planted+ and normal fugeray). It increased the PAR to high-medium (I think) and I have not seen any diatoms since.
I have read that diatoms usually occurs in newly setup tanks AND/OR your water have high amounts of silicate. Also, it seems that low light is another cause as well.
In my opinion, don't get too frustrated with this algae because its really not that bad. its not bba or cladophera (those things are dreadful) so don't stress out too much. I have diatoms in my 29g for 2 years and its still there hahhahha.
If you want to get rid of it, get some otocinclus, snails, or bristlenose plecos. they should help reduce diatoms. Also, increase your lighting. That should really get rid of it. I had diatoms in my 75g until I replaced my old fixtures with two finnex fixtures (48" planted+ and normal fugeray). It increased the PAR to high-medium (I think) and I have not seen any diatoms since.
Yea I had otos, they cleaned everything coveted in diatoms except the gravel.
Diatoms.. And the new tank thing isn't always true I have one tank in particular that has been setup for years and still grows them when none of my other tanks do. It just so happens to be a brackish tank. Go figure.
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So I should just not worry about it?
Put some foreground plants over them. Out of sight, out of mind.
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