Brown Algae?

Schmill · Feb 5, 2009

Anyone know if this brown colour that is gradually covering everything in the tank is some kind of algae?
Is there anything I can do to stop it, or get rid of it? I don't fancy scrubbing the gravel!

Truck · Feb 5, 2009

is it a new tank?

Schmill · Feb 5, 2009

Relatively new, fishless cycle started back end of last year, was completed around Christmas and fish & plants went in early Jan.

Truck · Feb 6, 2009

its probably just a bit of brown algae, caused by silicates being leached from new silicone, its will go in time

minxfishy · Feb 6, 2009

Looks like the normal brown algae that comes from a new set up, the best you can do is rub down the glass, ornaments etc, I would turn the gravel over on a water change after a good vac, it will take a few weeks but it does eventually die back and go, its just annoying until then.

foley69 · Feb 6, 2009

iv just scrubbed my 25gal due to it being covered in this and some green algea but that tank has been running for about 8 munf i must get a BN for that tankl when i get my other fishys in

sivabiot · Feb 6, 2009

Schmill said:
Anyone know if this brown colour that is gradually covering everything in the tank is some kind of algae?
Is there anything I can do to stop it, or get rid of it? I don't fancy scrubbing the gravel!

too much algae and the nutrients in the water will be taken up by the algae leaving the fish with unhealthy water ( algal bloom )

by the look of it the algae has not completely covered the tank, so scrap of the algae before it spreads do not use any chemicals to kill the algae as most are harmful to the fish.

the good thing about a algal growth is that it confirms that ur aquarium is in good condition to start algal growth (which happens in nature ) especially brown, green is the most common.