Carpet Algae, what to do?

[brendan]

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to what fish would be good at getting rid of this algae problem I have. It's a ten gallon tank with low lighting and a sand substraight. The algae seems to grow ontop of the sand and plants in what I could best discribe as a carpet.

TIA

 

[medge00]

I've never known a fish to eat it... what is your light (watts and schedule), what do you fertilize if any? you may need to manually remove it or add some stem plants....

 

[Mr Burns]

hey brendan - are you talking about cyanobacteria or brush algae? were you a member of the prosoundweb.com forum? your name and avatar look familiar

here is a link to ID the algae: http://aquabotanicwetthumb.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=4006090712&f=8796060812&m=3256098022&r=3256098022#3256098022