alot of brow alge. . . .

PEVINE · 04-24-2007, 07:43 PM

what would be the best way to get rid of brown alge? all over the glass, and the decor. . . . . . i tried alge scraper just comes right back. please help! thanks alot - pevine -

frogman5 · 04-24-2007, 08:11 PM

well is it a new tank

**Damon** · 04-25-2007, 09:47 AM

There are many threads about this topic on the site already

fishbone · 04-25-2007, 02:42 PM

Same problem here.
The short of it: too much phosphates
How to fix it? Well, for starters try to scrub off as much as you can. Feed less.
Personally, since I have a brackish set-up with a crab in there, I don't think I can go around the feeding issue. I drop a piece of lettuce, a pea, some raw shrimp, whatever. It won't get eaten and sit there overnight.
So I decided to buy some API phosphate remover called Phos-Zorb. It's a granule product which you add to your AC filter pad. Hagen also used to make bags of a similar product that looked like teabags called Green-X. They are now called Phos-X but good luck finding some reasonably priced or in stores. I looked all over, only found it on marinedepot.com and Amazon but for that price I ended up buying a much bigger container of Phos-Zorb.
People have had luch with these products, but they're just a band-aid.

04-24-2007, 07:43 PM	#1
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04-25-2007, 09:47 AM	#3
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04-24-2007, 08:11 PM	#2
frogman5 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 162 User Feedback: (0)	well is it a new tank

04-25-2007, 02:42 PM	#4
fishbone Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 400 User Feedback: (0)	Same problem here. The short of it: too much phosphates How to fix it? Well, for starters try to scrub off as much as you can. Feed less. Personally, since I have a brackish set-up with a crab in there, I don't think I can go around the feeding issue. I drop a piece of lettuce, a pea, some raw shrimp, whatever. It won't get eaten and sit there overnight. So I decided to buy some API phosphate remover called Phos-Zorb. It's a granule product which you add to your AC filter pad. Hagen also used to make bags of a similar product that looked like teabags called Green-X. They are now called Phos-X but good luck finding some reasonably priced or in stores. I looked all over, only found it on marinedepot.com and Amazon but for that price I ended up buying a much bigger container of Phos-Zorb. People have had luch with these products, but they're just a band-aid.

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