How the hell do I prevent brown algae???

[arkmann]

How the hell do I prevent brown algae? I am over filtered and do weekly 50-60% water changes. My water is crystal clear as well.

Is it due to to what I am feeding my fish which is market shrimp?

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Brown algae is tricky. With other algae you can cut down on feeding or adjust how long the lights are on. With brown algae its a bit trickier. You can be doing anything and the algae still wont go away. I have found that maybe the tap water has excess nutrients, so when you clean and do water changes its not going to impact the algae.

I still get brown algae in my tank, and I scrub all the time and do good water changes and it comes back. Theres probably too many silicates and phosphates in the water.

 

[arkmann]

Yeah, it still comes back no matter what

 

[tcarswell]

Yeah I hate the crap. Wish my chinese algae eater cleaned it up.

 

[cichlid fiend]

wat worked for me was a aglae eater and heavy water changes

 

[vaine111]

can you use a uv sterilizer? cause that will kill all the algea.

 

[cichlid fiend]

i really dont no / but i thought that was used to keep down parasites

 

[tcarswell]

i really dont no / but i thought that was used to keep down parasites

It also helps the pea soup colored water tremendously and helps algae blooms. I don't know if it works on brown algae though.

 

[cichlid fiend]

thanks for the input boss

 

[syndicate]

It also helps the pea soup colored water tremendously and helps algae blooms. I don't know if it works on brown algae though.

nah green algae yer my friend set a up a 300 gal panted tank and it was cover in brown algae but he got a ozone and it was gone in 2 day never a hint of it again

but i find the biggest cause of brown algae is overfeeding or by not remove excee pellets from the water