Brown Algae Problem

[Chri$]

I keep getting brown algae forming on some of the glass, the gravel, the rocks and the silk plants, pretty much everywhere really!
This leads to me giving the tank a complete clean every week. But it just keeps coming back. I increased the lighting hours to 12 a day, but this doesn't seem to have made much difference.
All water stats are good and the water is crystal clear.
Any help would be fantastic.Thanks in advance.

 

[@ombomb]

How long has the tank been set up?

How big is the tank?

What's in the tank?

How much light do you have?

What are the water stats?

 

[Torrean]

consider getting a timer and putting a 2 hour dark period in the middle of the day. I had tons of brown algae but it cleared up pretty well once I did this. Just a thought

 

[pieman]

Buy a couple of BN plecos, mine cleaned all my brown algae out in a couple of days, and you get the added bonus of some fish Also if you have a small tank like me they don't grow very big.

 

[Nevergone815]

i was told to up the lighting and i now do it from 9 am to 12 midnight. the algae seems to be deplenishig for me. but i also have pleco,ghost shrimp, otto, platies etc that eat the algae so i don't know if this works. i will try the 2 hr total darkness to clear it out. my tanks are like 3 months old so... i have a new tank still