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Hi all,
I'm having a problem with brown algae in my 55 gal tank. I have two bio-wheel 350s on the tank and a lot of fake plants, the plants in the back are pretty tall, some about a couple of inches from the water link when it's full.
Odd thing is the algae is growing on the tops of the plants right where the water falls back in the tank from the 350's.
About 2 months back I had ick. I removed the carbon filters and phosphate removers from the filters and put just "filter floss" in the 350's. During the ick infestation my phosphates jumped way up (very dark blue). After the ick infestation was over I noticed that a little brown algae had started growing. I put the carbon and phosphate removers back into the filters and the phosphate levels are now back to normal, but the brown algae has gotten worse.
Before the ick started I was doing bi-weekly 40% water changes, but after I did weekly 40% changes. I'm going to up it back to bi-weekly 40% changes and keep the lights off for a few days. Is this the route to go with this or should I try something else?
I forgot to add that air flow isn't a problem in the tank even though I have a lot of plants. I have 2 350's, bubble wands that go all the way across the back of the tank, and a volcano that shoots out bubbles. All of the plants are constantly swaying in the tank from the flow. The fish aren't being blown around though so they're good.
I'm having a problem with brown algae in my 55 gal tank. I have two bio-wheel 350s on the tank and a lot of fake plants, the plants in the back are pretty tall, some about a couple of inches from the water link when it's full.
Odd thing is the algae is growing on the tops of the plants right where the water falls back in the tank from the 350's.
About 2 months back I had ick. I removed the carbon filters and phosphate removers from the filters and put just "filter floss" in the 350's. During the ick infestation my phosphates jumped way up (very dark blue). After the ick infestation was over I noticed that a little brown algae had started growing. I put the carbon and phosphate removers back into the filters and the phosphate levels are now back to normal, but the brown algae has gotten worse.
Before the ick started I was doing bi-weekly 40% water changes, but after I did weekly 40% changes. I'm going to up it back to bi-weekly 40% changes and keep the lights off for a few days. Is this the route to go with this or should I try something else?
I forgot to add that air flow isn't a problem in the tank even though I have a lot of plants. I have 2 350's, bubble wands that go all the way across the back of the tank, and a volcano that shoots out bubbles. All of the plants are constantly swaying in the tank from the flow. The fish aren't being blown around though so they're good.