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Huugs · 06-12-2005, 04:07 AM

Hi. At the moment I have 2 new ish tanks. They are both under 2 months and have a serious brown algae problem. The water is fairly hard water and has nitrates at 20ppm from the tap which means I have trouble keepig them down in the tanks anyway.
This stuff comes off easily but grows back within 2-3 days. I have tried a few things but Im still having huge trouble with it.

The 13Gal has a few plants and the light is a 36W Triton
The 20Gal has no plants and a triton 36W light.
I have tried a having the tank lit for 10, 12 and 13 hours a day. The water circulation is good and aerates it well.

At the mo the planted tank has a couple of plants but they are in pretty bad shape (probably coz i only had an 18W light on there) the leaves are covered in algae and they just dont seem to grow or recover. The hygrophilas is a bit yellow and straggly (maybe from low light?).
If i plant the tanks heavily will this help?

06-12-2005, 04:07 AM	#1
Huugs Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London UK Age: 23 Posts: 251	Would more plants cure brown algae? Hi. At the moment I have 2 new ish tanks. They are both under 2 months and have a serious brown algae problem. The water is fairly hard water and has nitrates at 20ppm from the tap which means I have trouble keepig them down in the tanks anyway. This stuff comes off easily but grows back within 2-3 days. I have tried a few things but Im still having huge trouble with it. The 13Gal has a few plants and the light is a 36W Triton The 20Gal has no plants and a triton 36W light. I have tried a having the tank lit for 10, 12 and 13 hours a day. The water circulation is good and aerates it well. At the mo the planted tank has a couple of plants but they are in pretty bad shape (probably coz i only had an 18W light on there) the leaves are covered in algae and they just dont seem to grow or recover. The hygrophilas is a bit yellow and straggly (maybe from low light?). If i plant the tanks heavily will this help?