Brown Algae???
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sepulatian
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Originally Posted by bkosinone
I have been accumulating brown algae (diatoms) in my tank. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep this down to a minimum?
How long has your tank been set up? What is your water source? Diatoms are a natural part of having a newer salt system. They will go away on their own. You can wipe them off of the glass and lightly vacume them off of the top of your sand. If you have nitrates, they will feed off of them. They feed off of phosphates as well (if you are not using RO water). They are ugly, but not harmful. They will go away. You can reduce them a little by making sure you have no nitrates or phosphates for them to feed off of.
I have been accumulating brown algae (diatoms) in my tank. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep this down to a minimum?
How long has your tank been set up? What is your water source? Diatoms are a natural part of having a newer salt system. They will go away on their own. You can wipe them off of the glass and lightly vacume them off of the top of your sand. If you have nitrates, they will feed off of them. They feed off of phosphates as well (if you are not using RO water). They are ugly, but not harmful. They will go away. You can reduce them a little by making sure you have no nitrates or phosphates for them to feed off of.
promisetbg
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It's a normal phase of a new tank, it should soon give way to green film algae.
promisetbg
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Originally Posted by peter1215
does seachem make anything that can kill greenhair algae?
You can use a phosphate eliminator such as phosguard, purapad... You need to look at it from the other direction..what is causing the HA? Most likely PO4,[phosphates} you need to test, using a good test kit such as Salifert. It could be that you are overstocked,do not have enough clean up crew,are overfeeding,have insufficient flow, innefficient protein skimmer,or poor water source. Or a combination of these.
does seachem make anything that can kill greenhair algae?
You can use a phosphate eliminator such as phosguard, purapad... You need to look at it from the other direction..what is causing the HA? Most likely PO4,[phosphates} you need to test, using a good test kit such as Salifert. It could be that you are overstocked,do not have enough clean up crew,are overfeeding,have insufficient flow, innefficient protein skimmer,or poor water source. Or a combination of these.