Anubias Nana Algae Help ?

[Deano37]

Hi i i have a small fluval spec with a betta in there and i dose with 5 drops of flourish excell daily but the algae was already there bofore that, the algae looks like a thick layer or dusk and its a brown colour not very hairy just looks dirty any ideas ? standard spec light on from 10-6



thanks Dean

 

[fishprotector]

Is it a new set up? It sounds like diatoms to me, which are caused by silica released from the glass etc as the tank matures. They will wipe off easily.

 

[Deano37]

googles it and it does look that that in some pics, the tank been set up for months i will try wipe off, i did recently but its back

just read that they eat nitrates and i have just finished fishless cycling so when my betta settles in and tank stables hopefully will clear


thanks dean

 

[SO19Firearms]

A further note, if you're dosing excel, are you using a complete fertilizer too?
You'll want full npk if using carbon