I have a 25 Gallon Tall tank that is planted with Water Wysteria, Aponogeton, Water Onions, and Amazonian Swords. At first, I was having trouble with algae, but careful pruning and my Otto cat took care of the first outbreak. 
However, I noticed brown slimy algae looking junk all in my filters. I'm running 2 HoB filters one is for 10-20 gal and the other is for 30-40 gal. I replaced the 10-20 gallon filter b/c of the sheer amount of this brown material. I also rinsed the 30-40 gallon HoB filter with water siphoned out of the tank. Things are looking up, but still there is material growing on the waterfall part of the filters, sometimes causing gaps in the flow. Instead of a full wide waterfall sometimes it will bend in towards the middle if that makes sense.
Lately, after adding Co2, my Wysteria skyrocketed all the way to the top of the tank, the growth has been outrageous. On the tips of said Wysteria plant, they appear to be turning orangish.. At first I chalked it off as too much light from my CoraLife lamp because it is literally 2 inches or so from it.. but now, it seems this orangish stuff is turning black on some of the leaves so I fear it may be the dreaded algae again.
I can post pictures if needed (I think it'll show up on my phone camera) to diagnose the best approach. I really would like to rid myself of this gunk because every time I seem to get it out of the tank itself, I find myself checking on the filters, which disturbs it and releases pure unadulterated amounts of brown gunk. How in the world do I get rid of this?
Help would be much appreciated
edit: I've been holding off on adding anymore Co2 for fear that I was burning the wysteria because the Co2 liquidated my dwarf hairgrass that once inhabited the area around that rock. However, my LFS owner suggested to keep up adding Co2 daily so the plants would grow and require more nutrients than the algae thus killing it. As good of an idea as that seems, this is liquid Co2... So i'm not sure if it's the same concept. Thanks for any ideas.
However, I noticed brown slimy algae looking junk all in my filters. I'm running 2 HoB filters one is for 10-20 gal and the other is for 30-40 gal. I replaced the 10-20 gallon filter b/c of the sheer amount of this brown material. I also rinsed the 30-40 gallon HoB filter with water siphoned out of the tank. Things are looking up, but still there is material growing on the waterfall part of the filters, sometimes causing gaps in the flow. Instead of a full wide waterfall sometimes it will bend in towards the middle if that makes sense.
Lately, after adding Co2, my Wysteria skyrocketed all the way to the top of the tank, the growth has been outrageous. On the tips of said Wysteria plant, they appear to be turning orangish.. At first I chalked it off as too much light from my CoraLife lamp because it is literally 2 inches or so from it.. but now, it seems this orangish stuff is turning black on some of the leaves so I fear it may be the dreaded algae again.
I can post pictures if needed (I think it'll show up on my phone camera) to diagnose the best approach. I really would like to rid myself of this gunk because every time I seem to get it out of the tank itself, I find myself checking on the filters, which disturbs it and releases pure unadulterated amounts of brown gunk. How in the world do I get rid of this?
Help would be much appreciated
edit: I've been holding off on adding anymore Co2 for fear that I was burning the wysteria because the Co2 liquidated my dwarf hairgrass that once inhabited the area around that rock. However, my LFS owner suggested to keep up adding Co2 daily so the plants would grow and require more nutrients than the algae thus killing it. As good of an idea as that seems, this is liquid Co2... So i'm not sure if it's the same concept. Thanks for any ideas.
