I have some but not a lot. I need to clean it about once a month or so. I
never knew what it was, I always thought is was a bi-product of over
feeding.
Other then an eye sore, is it harmful to the tank?
"KurtG" wrote in message
...

Don't you get Brown algae on your glass? I need to clean mine almost
daily. It's not really algae, but diatoms.

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/alg...algaediato.htm

--Kurt



Peter Pan wrote:
I found this site when I looked it up, and it I didn't understand it. I
wanted to know more specifically what it looks like how do you know if
you
have it and why is it bad.



http://www.indiana.edu/~diatom/diatom.html

Peter Pan wrote:
Can anyone explain to me in simple terms what Diatoms are. I tried to
google it, but the site are all checical this or chemcal that. Its
beyond
what I know.
Thanks