brown algea ... ...

Anyone have ways of getting rid of brown algea. almost every week i have to take out the decorations and scrub it off
is there any solutions

 

Brown algae is the first stage, then it goes to a reddesh, then green. Algae eaters wont eat it until its green, so you pretty much just have to wait until it grows green, or do what you're doing right now, which is cleaning it out.
How long do you have your light on?
Is your tank in direct sunlight?
What kind of light do you have?

I'm having problems with my own algae not turning green, so then my algae eater doesn't have anything to eat.

 

No, brown algae, red algae, and green algae are not the same thing. They are all completely different organisims.

Brown algae, also called diatoms, is generally caused by not enough light or too many nutrients (like nitrAtes) in the water.

-Chelle

 

the tank gets almost no direct sunlight but we ussually leave the light on almost all day from like 9 in the morning untill 9 at night.
I also do weekly water changes so i dont think the nitrates are any higher then 10ppm

 

Does the tank have sand? How old are the light bulbs?

-Chelle

 

no its gravel teh bulb is the one that came with the tank and its only like 6-8 months old.

 

Hmmmm . . .

Try cutting back on the feeding a little.

-Chelle