Reygan2
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I'm finding brown spots on the inside of my tank and on some decor. Not a huge problem, but what can be done? I'm assuming it's brown algae. I've cleaned it off the glass but it slowly grows back. Snails maybe?
I'm finding brown spots on the inside of my tank and on some decor. Not a huge problem, but what can be done? I'm assuming it's brown algae. I've cleaned it off the glass but it slowly grows back. Snails maybe?
99% of the information you're recieving in this thread is spot on. I do have one minor correction however. Diatoms are not a brown algae. Brown algaes, phylum phaephyta, are all multicellulare and marine (i.e. sea weed). Diatoms, phylum bacillariaphyta, are single-celled, occur in both salt and freshwater environments, and have cell walls composed of silica (hence why high silica levels in the water cause this particular algae to bloom). Until recently, diatoms where correctly referred to as golden-brown algae. For what its worth.
Correct! ... The "BA" we experience are from Diatoms that use silica to form their walls and not algae like sea-weed. But I doubt we'll (collectively as a group) stop referring to diatoms as "brown algae" anytime soon.
99% of the information you're recieving in this thread is spot on. I do have one minor correction however. Diatoms are not a brown algae. Brown algaes, phylum phaephyta, are all multicellulare and marine (i.e. sea weed). Diatoms, phylum bacillariaphyta, are single-celled, occur in both salt and freshwater environments, and have cell walls composed of silica (hence why high silica levels in the water cause this particular algae to bloom). Until recently, diatoms where correctly referred to as golden-brown algae. For what its worth.
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Out of curiosity, is this a new tank? New substrates will leech silicates for several weeks/month, causing brown algae. It's just part of a new tank establishing itself.
Reygan2 said:The tank was cycled around the middle of August, so it's not very old. Could that be the issue?