In domestic aquariums contain fish, snails , shrimp, but also there live single-celled organisms, bacteria, both useful and harmful. In new aquariums, where plants have not yet taken root, sometimes in winter, on the walls, on rocks and leaves, a raid is formed.
This aquarium is overgrown with brown algae, which alter the habitat, adversely affect it, have an unpleasant brown color. They settle in large spots on leaves and shoots of plants, on an aquarium under water. The walls become brown, dirty. Their abundance leads to the disease of fish and all living things. Brown algae in the aquarium appear due to insufficient lighting, irregular filtration, weak supply of oxygen, dirty water, accumulation of nitrates and lack of carbon dioxide.
Fighting with kelp
To get rid of brown algae, remove from the aquarium affected plants. Remove the brown seaweed with a spongy or magnetic scraper, passing your hand from the top down to the bottom of the aquarium. You can use a magnetic scraper - even your hands do not have to be lowered into the water. Repeat this procedure two times a week. Do not allow the accumulation of food residues. Water change every day (a quarter of the aquarium) with a tube - a siphon from the bottom. Aquarium plants will help in the fight against brown algae.
Fish, snails, shrimp will help in the fight against brown algae in the aquarium. Three catfish-ototsinkljusa will perfectly cope with an aquarium in volume of 50 60 liters. You can get snails or shrimps to fight with brown seaweed, which, if properly maintained, will cope with the problem.
Add lighting - fluorescent lamps of at least 0.5 W / L of daylight not more than 10 hours a day. Compressor provide oxygen supply. You can apply the antibiotic Erythromycin. It is difficult to deal with brown seaweed in an aquarium, but success can be achieved. In the spring, brown algae can disappear on their own.