cenzo Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I have little brown algae spots on my front of my tank that are very hard to scrape off this is not the start up kind of algae is it, its not like a powder. is this bad? Link to comment
Physh1 Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 It's normal algae. It is called diatom algae. It does take more effort to remove than most algae. Most books will descibe it or you could do a search for it on here. Cameron Link to comment
SaltyDawg Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 an old plastic card of some sort works well as does a razor blade. The wide kind used to scrape windows . Not the whole thing just the replacment razor blade. Link to comment
cenzo Posted February 18, 2003 Author Share Posted February 18, 2003 When will this stop my PHOS are low and I do water changes every week the tank has been set up for two months now could it be the distilled water im useing? Link to comment
Korbin Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 My tank has always gotten the brown stuff thats hard to scrape. Just put the 'ole VISA to use. Link to comment
Chamkeeper Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 The stuff that forms on my glass seems to be a favorite of a group of mixed species snails I have. They do a great job of controlling it. I can not however, convince them to clean the front first, they just go where ever THEY choose. Link to comment
PFB Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 Kent proscrapers work great . They don't bend like the card does. Plus my magnet quit working in readers after some extended use, dah, use an expired card.... Link to comment
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