a couple have said that your Ottocinclus should take care of this, maybe your tank is too big for just one???
Brown stuff growing on gravel
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About a moth ago my 10g was over run with brown algea(diatoms) I put 3 otos in there for about 2-3 weeks and they ate like there was no tomorrow. I didn't even supplement them with algea wafers cause they were always chowing down. I have since moved the three to my 55g and purchased just one for the 10g.
Another trick is to totaly "black out" the tank with cardboard for about three days. The algea will die, but the plants can handle many many days without light. Adding more plants to he tank will reduce the amount of nutrients available to the algea (plants are better at taking nutrients out of the water than algea)
Otos are great fish. They work twice as hard as my pleco, and are 1/4 the size. You really can't beat them.
Otos are great fish. They work twice as hard as my pleco, and are 1/4 the size. You really can't beat them.
Well, a little late to acclimate it slowly, was out of the bag in about 30 minutes. that is after my gourami decided to venture into the cut i put in the bag, he did not like it so he left.
Otos are great fish. They work twice as hard as my pleco, and are 1/4 the size. You really can't beat them.[/QUOTE]
Darn right i cannot beat it, too little and too fast.
Little pig went straight to eating. Glad they stay small or I would need a small lake the way he is eating...
Otos are great fish. They work twice as hard as my pleco, and are 1/4 the size. You really can't beat them.[/QUOTE]
Darn right i cannot beat it, too little and too fast.
Little pig went straight to eating. Glad they stay small or I would need a small lake the way he is eating...
Ya, just brown algae (a.k.a. "diatoms"...lol, makes it sound much spookier, I like that).
Ottos work wonders, as you've been told. They don't take up much space, don't create much of a bioload, and love to eat algae.
Just be glad it wasn't green algae. Now that's a bother!
Ottos work wonders, as you've been told. They don't take up much space, don't create much of a bioload, and love to eat algae.
Just be glad it wasn't green algae. Now that's a bother!
