Brown Algae in my 1 month old 30g tank! HELP!

[TheBroc]

I had brown algae bad in my 135 gal tank. added a small pleco cleaned 50% in a day and pretty spotless 2 days after that. only problem is there was toooons of poop to clean out everyday.

 

[justarn]

Poop is easier that algae!-)

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[Miguel]

Excess nutrients and light.

Do not know about plecos..

Try and measure your phosphates also.

 

[justarn]

Direct sunlight even for a short period of the day will also bloom brown algae...

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[divemaster99]

its wrote above mate, l001 goldspot plec. my 12inch gibbiceps eats it too mate. ive always used pleco for this reason, been keeping fish for 20 years!-)

+1 my Gibby keeps my 75 gallon spotless!

 

[Mr.Manaconda]

Direct sunlight even for a short period of the day will also bloom brown algae...

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^^^^^ Yes...My Fish Room gets direct sunlight. Water Params are good, so I just wipe it when I can't bear it anymore. Not too inconvenient , as I'm always in there doing something anyway. Takes a couple minutes.

 

[sunnysjourney]

Do a 50% water change and make sure you siphon out the gravel really really well. Then cover your aquarium with a blanket and leave it alone without the lights on for about 4-5 days. Just put the light on while feeding your FH. After 4 - 5 days you will notice that all the algae has died off. Now you need to remove the dead algae too because that will in-turn rot and turn into nitrates -> more algae. So you need to do another 50% water change and siphon out the gravel real good again! 100% effective way of getting rid of algae .

 

[MyGiants]

Brown algae is common in a new tank still cycling. Get yourself a magnet cleaner I would just let your tank complete its cycling that brown algae phase will pass.