Hey Gus!
Thank you for the kind words
Your kaps look great and they look huge!
That is awesome that you are keeping this thread going.
Very glad to see they are all doing well.
Brown algae - I HATE that stuff with a passion!!!!!
I used to be pagued with it.
I did quite a bit of research on it - it is actually a bacteria and not an algae (it feeds on phosphates/silicates).
Do the best you possibly can on removing waste and that will help.
I got finatical on my mainteance routines and limit the sunlight and I have been able to cut it down dramatically in the 265 Frontosa tank (but not eliminate it).
A BN pleco may/may not help. A rubber nose pleco will eat that stuff. Zebra Nerrite snails will clean your tank up quick (make sure you QT them for 30 days in solitary and you should be OK).
They are not know to reproduce in captivity (which is a good thing so you don't get over run).
They are from Africa but not Tanganyika.
Phosphate removers may help a little. Snails & crazy mainteance are your best bets.
Now, my 125 had brown algae too and it has completely dissappeared.
I even have a relaxed mainteance routine on that tank.
The 125 is in the same room as the 265????
Why one tank gets it and another doesn't is a mystery to me.
The 265 is a new tank whereas the 125 is old.
I have heard brown algae effects newer tanks worse.
The stuff cleans off very easy.
Pull your boulders out put them in scalding hot water and the brown algae will turn green???
I brush down my boulders in the 265 once in a while (I use a long handled wire brush).
Take Care,
Russ
