[AquaticLife] Brown Algae
Brown Algae… which is actually Diatoms (in most cases) isn’t actually an algae. Diatoms will usually populate a newly set up tank due to excess silicates in a new tank.
How long has your tank been set up?
What are your water parameters like? Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, hardness, KH, etc… anything that you have.
Here’s more info on Diatoms. http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/algae/diatoms.shtml http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/algae.htm#brown
They are harmless to your fish and will eventually (several weeks to several months) die off and quit populating the tank as the rest of the tanks ecology takes over. You should be able to just brush it off everything and then vacuum it up when you do your gravel vacuuming every week or so.
There’s no need to do anything drastic.. especially not breaking down the tank and bleaching everything. I don’t know if there’s ever a reason to do that barring some major disease that wiped out the entire tank first.
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