Sweet Sharon Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Hi Everyone. You guys helped me get my tank healthy enough for fish, and I thank all of you for lending your words of advice. Now there is brown algae, and I see different opinions on what causes that, too much light, or too little light. I have the lights on for 10-11 hours a day. I want to nip this in the bud before it takes over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer V Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 @Sweet Sharon I've had brown diatom outbreaks in a couple of my tanks. I got snails and shrimp to control the first and they cleaned it up right away. In the second, I reduced the light to 9 hours on a timer and I remove as much as I can during religious weekly water changes (it's a puffer tank so I can't have any little critters to remove it). It seems to be way more under control now. Not completely gone yet, but much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 @Sweet Sharon do you have a picture of your aquarium? How long has it been set up for? Size of aquarium and type of light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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