brown algea

[news]

I know that the brown algae isn't a bad thing (means the tank is cycling?)
but now that I have fish in the tank how do I keep it under control?

[Marc Levenson]

You'll need some snails to help keep it under control.

Marc


news wrote:

> I know that the brown algae isn't a bad thing (means the tank is cycling?)
> but now that I have fish in the tank how do I keep it under control?

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[news]

I do have a sand sifter and a horned snail but the sand sifter usually stays
under the sand the horned just sort of sits in one spot and does nothing.
What would be a good type of snail to get?

[Pszemol]

"news" > wrote in message news:fDArb.357294$9l5.337498@pd7tw2no...
> I do have a sand sifter and a horned snail but the sand sifter usually stays
> under the sand the horned just sort of sits in one spot and does nothing.
> What would be a good type of snail to get?

If the brown algae is just microalgae covering surfaces I tried
astrea snails with great results. Last month I have algae problems
again and had pump covered with brown agae so I put two astrea
on the pump yesterday and it is clean today :-) Great workers.

[news]

This algae is actually covering most of my sand now. I am thinking maybe I
am lighting the tank for too long.


"Pszemol" > wrote in message
...
> "news" > wrote in message
news:fDArb.357294$9l5.337498@pd7tw2no...
> > I do have a sand sifter and a horned snail but the sand sifter usually
stays
> > under the sand the horned just sort of sits in one spot and does
nothing.
> > What would be a good type of snail to get?
>
> If the brown algae is just microalgae covering surfaces I tried
> astrea snails with great results. Last month I have algae problems
> again and had pump covered with brown agae so I put two astrea
> on the pump yesterday and it is clean today :-) Great workers.
>

[Mort]

What type of water are you using?

~Mort

"news" > wrote in message
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> I know that the brown algae isn't a bad thing (means the tank is cycling?)
> but now that I have fish in the tank how do I keep it under control?
>
>

[news]

Treated tap water with Coralife salt.

[Mort]

"news" > wrote in message
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> Treated tap water with Coralife salt.
>
>

I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong but brown algae can be
reduced/eliminated by using RO/DI water.

There are two killer units available for $150.

Marc has a link on his page and I bought one from a guy in Chicago that
works just fine.

HTH

~Mort

[Phil]

Marc Levenson > wrote in
:

Brown algae? Are you guys talking about diatoms, or is there another
brown algae???



> You'll need some snails to help keep it under control.
>
> Marc
>
>
> news wrote:
>
>> I know that the brown algae isn't a bad thing (means the tank is
>> cycling?) but now that I have fish in the tank how do I keep it under
>> control?
>
> --
> Personal Page:
> http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page:
> http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist:
> http://www.melevsreef.com
>
>