Anubia Algae (with pics) Help!

[Antimoine]

Hi, I need help with some algae I've been having on rocks and anubia. It's also spreading now so it needs to be stopped.

Looks like :
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u43/Antimoine/anubia.jpg

Any help is appreciated

Thanks

Antimoine

[bkw1982]

looks like brown algae(diatoms). is this a new tank? how much light is over it and wht size is tank?

[Antimoine]

Hi,
No thats a old tank and a 2 years old plant
48watts for 32 gallons, so roughly 1.5 wpg

Diatoms you say .....

[Sammie7]

Brown algae usually grows in newer tanks with high silicates and in tanks that have low light. It is easily rubbed off, but will usually return. Most tanks that have this are newly set up and the brown algae just goes away on it's own with time. http://www.plantgeek.net/article_viewer.php?id=9

Does the stuff on your leaves rub off easily? How long has the tank been set-up? What wattage are your lights?

[Antimoine]

It's from a 3 years old tank, and I'm glad you asked about rubbing it cause its impossible.
I have 2 24watts tubes, CO2, ferts and all. The plant grows(slowly) but the algae resists.

Also nobody in my "clean team" wants to taste it (ottos, siamese, shrimps, bristlenose)

[Sammie7]

Is this growing on any other plants?

Since it isn't easily removed, I'll take a wild guess at brush algae. As you can see in some of these pictures it can sometimes grow close to the leaf, instead of branching out and looks a bit like what you have. http://www.plantgeek.net/article_viewer.php?id=9
The brush algae is about half way down the page.

[Antimoine]

It only grows on anubias....
and rocks!

I'm rescaping today and I'll get these plants out to try to give them a shock treatment with flourish excel (which seems to be a working solution for this type of algae)

[Star_Rider]

I have the same think on my anubias..usually the older leaves..the new ones don't show this stuff.

I thought it was diatoms but it does not rub off.

[coupae1]

dang it, i got exactly the same problem. i thought it is spot algae or green algae cuz it shows up as dark green and then become dark or brown, in my case.

[TipStylez]

This problem is popular with anubias, dont know why...

[Sammie7]

This problem is popular with anubias, dont know why...

I've never had that happen with anubias. Java fern, yes, but not anubias...

[quadpants]

I have this exact same thing on one of my Anubias too.

[TipStylez]

i forgot where i read it, but i rember reading that anubias is common to get that type of alage to grow on it. Heck, even my anubias nana has it in my lil nano and nothing else.

[Sammie7]

i forgot where i read it, but i rember reading that anubias is common to get that type of alage to grow on it. Heck, even my anubias nana has it in my lil nano and nothing else.

Oh, that type of algae... Yea it's usually prone to most algaes because it is a slow grower. I thought you meant black spots on the leaves and stuff like java ferns. Don't know why...:rolleyes: My anubias doesn't have that though.

[TipStylez]

The black spots, i know what your talking about. I think it just happens only to old leaves of the java fern..

But yeah, you got it right on,the algae grows on the anubias because its a slow grower!

[Antimoine]

Well, no success with flourish.
I took it out (it is rooted on a 10 pounds rock, just to help) tried manually as well.


So I decided to rescape to have taller plants hide the anubias from light a bit.
Has anyone tried the bleach thing? I wanna know the process

[TipStylez]

Its a real quick bleach dip, but i heard anubias can take 5-7sec in it.

Google anubias bleach dip, im sure you will find somthing.

[Madcrawdad]

This problem is popular with anubias, dont know why...

you said it....I'm just about getting ready to pitch mine.

[loaches r cool]

How did you treat it with excel? Spot treat with a syringe? If you dont have anything sensative to excel I'd do atleast a double full tank dose and squirt the entire amount right on BBA. It may take several treatments over many days. As it starts to die it will turn from black to a lighter color, and your SAE might then be able to eat it (supposibly when the stuff is fully dark colored the SAE's wont eat it). Dont expect with excel to treat it once and the next day it will just vanish.

[Becca3711]

Im having that problem with my approx. 10 week old tank. It's just recently finsihed cycling, and only my java fern and my fake rocks have it. Everything else is clean. Well, except for the corner of my tank which I keep scrubbing off, there is a patch of green algae that grows.