Brown Algae problem

[SignalSoldier]

Okay, so I finally got my aquarium cycled the other day after 3 weeks. I added my fish and have quite a few live plants growing in it.

My problem now is that I have a pretty bad brown algae problem. It's growing on all the sides of the tank, all over my sand, and on my plants. It started growing about a week and a half ago. I have been doing 30% water changes once a week since i started cycling it; and once it was cycled i did a 90% water change and wiped down all the sides of the aquarium which was about 5 days ago and did a thorough vacuuming.

I currently have 10 neon tetras, 3 ghost shrimp and just added 6 or 7 MTS to combat the algae and stir my sand aswell. I have 5 java ferns, and 1 Anubis. I use API leaf zone to feed the plants, adding about 3mL a week (reccomended is 5mL a week for 10 gallons)

I was keeping my 11 watt finnex light on about 12 hours a day but have just today put it on a timer for 6 hours a day to see how that works.

Is there anything else I need to do that will rid my tank of this algae?

 

[ImACoolguy]

12 hours was a ton of light. Limit yourself to no more than 8 hours daily and you should see improvement.


Caleb

 

[SignalSoldier]

okay, I will wait and see how well that works for now.

On another note, I have a piece of driftwood that I bought from fluval. I have boiled it, baked it at 400 degrees for 4 hours, and then placed in into my tank in no matter what I do there's always a thin mucus like clear/white bacteria/fungus that keep growing all over it and so i remove it and repeat to no avail. How do I get rid of this? It doesn't seem to grow on anything else except the wood itself.

 

[brennae]

That white fungus is normal. Some fish and snails will eat it. It does go away after awhile.

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[RedDevil83]

Brown algae is just part of the bb that the tank needs and accumulates in my tank every two weeks or less, I just keep doing huge water changes every two weeks or so and when I do I clean all the decor but I leave most in the substrate.

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