My tank + problem

[lemonsun1]

Hello guys, here is my two month old 65 gallons. Everything seems to be fine, except that black stuff on my plants (please see the second picture).
Plants doesn't seem to mind, and grow very rapidly, but i would like to see clean and green leafs

I'd appreciate any advise.

P.S. I am sorry for the quality of the images, i took it with my phone.

 

[Mooselbell]

My plants did the same. I would wipe them off gently and continue doing PWC. It went away after a few weeks of showing up I was told it was brown algae and is normal in a newly planted tank.
I am curious what the other more experienced will say.

 

[Sparky74]

You could do a blackout for 3 days...

Do maintenance on filter, 50% water change, feed the fish and then shut off lights for 3 days(no co2/ferts either) and crank up aerator. If it gets sunlight, block sides.

Should look better after 3 days. I've done this several times and it does seem to help. Plants come back fine every time. I think the lack of algae on the leaves makes up for 3 days of lost light.

 

[lemonsun1]

My plants did the same. I would wipe them off gently and continue doing PWC. It went away after a few weeks of showing up I was told it was brown algae and is normal in a newly planted tank.
I am curious what the other more experienced will say.

I've tried to wipe it off, but it's hardly comes off

 

[lemonsun1]

You could do a blackout for 3 days...

Do maintenance on filter, 50% water change, feed the fish and then shut off lights for 3 days(no co2/ferts either) and crank up aerator. If it gets sunlight, block sides.

Should look better after 3 days. I've done this several times and it does seem to help. Plants come back fine every time. I think the lack of algae on the leaves makes up for 3 days of lost light.

I'm going to try this. Do you feed your fish during those 3 days?

 

[Gillie]

The blackout will not help since it is not an algae, here is a link that will explain what you are dealing with and the best solutions to take care of the problem Aquatic Plant Central

 

[mfdrookie516]

^You have to be a member to see that link. Good link though.

Here's another link. What you're seeing is diatoms. It can present itself in the rusty looking type, or a fuzzy type.

 

[Gillie]

I also noticed the Anubias has some black growth on some of the leaf edges that could be the start of BBA.

 

[lemonsun1]

Thank you for your replies!

I turned lights off a day ago, so for now i'll keep it off for two more.

Will report back

 

[lemonsun1]

UPDATE: I kept my tank dark for 3 days. Plants are looking much better now, although they are not entirely clean.

Also, I've made a discovery: a small snail in the tank. My only guess is that it got in with the substrate.

 

[Keybler]

I had a snail problem once, they came from my lfs hiding in the plants. after I saw the first one, a month later I had 200+. Then there hard to get rid of, I picked them out by hand for hours.

Look into yoyo loaches, good fish in community won't get all 2 big, 6inch I think and they are bottom feeders. They do a great job, I have 6. Best part about yoyos is they eat baby/small snails. Since I bought them havn't had a single snail problem.