kmlong
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hello all, I'm having a terrible time with brown algae. It just forms on my plants which are fake. I've tried phos x and it seems to help for about a week. I use carbon in my filters and do weekly changes. My pleco won't touch the plants, just the side of the glass and gravel. I had otto's but they were real touchy with water conditions and they all died. They were the only ones that ate off the plants. Is there a safe and effective treatment for algae that i can use. A lot of people say to not put anything and let nature take its course but that seems to be where all the algae is coming from, nature!!! Your info would be greatly appreciated.