brown algae id and fix?

[ls1boost]

i have a 12 gallon nano with this ugly brown algae looks like hair kind of like the green hair but brown in color i just wnt it gone looks like crap any info would be great thanks
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[weaglereefer]

Possibly dinoflagellates (sp?), water changes, reduced photo period, etc, normal algae reducing measures.

 

[shrimpy brains]

+1 Also, you can start removing it by hand.

What are you nitrate/phosphate readings? As in all algae problems, you have to find the source(what is feeding it)

How often do you perform water changes? What is your water source? What kind of filtration? How often do you do filter maintenence? How long do you leave your lights on?

 

[coolsurf]

au01st;501397 wrote: Possibly dinoflagellates (sp?), water changes, reduced photo period, etc, normal algae reducing measures.

+1 Everything he said. Increased water changes will greatly assist. If on your sand, vaccuum up what you can. You may get a false "0" reading with the Dino problem so the phosphate test may </em>prove ineffective.

 

[dakota9]

Differently Dino....

Are you using RO water or tap?

 

[rbredding]

or you can get a couple large turbo snails and they'll mow it down in a couple days..


I had it in my tank (90) and bought 10 of the guys...

I just took a couple FTS lastnight...
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[buddyro]

I agree with RBredding, A few turbo snails and they will wipe out all that algae quik... BUT in a small cube you probably only need 1...