[sol]

Hello all, hoping for some help with a alage problem. All tests for nitrite, nitrate, phos, ph and ammon all good (using an API test kit) along with doing water changes every 10 days with RO water. Can't get rid of this brown alage from coming back.

I had a bad problem about 2 months ago and took my time to clean it all up but unless I'm in there every 3-5 days brushing the rocks or scrapping the glass here & there it'll all be back.

Any suggestions on what I can do or what I'm going wrong??? Thanks.

[spamreefnew]

if the tank is less than a year old its kinda normal,,the only thing you can do is to make your magnizum a tad hi and siphon out what you can

[jipo123]

you do not need to scrub your rock down, LR is best left alone, and what you need is some algae eating fish, crabs and snails. depending on your tank size and if you have a reef or not. some tangs or angels are great. if you want it fast go with a large load of zebra hermits (they are some of the least agressive of hermits and dont kill each other so often) also emerald crabs are great! arow crabs(for tanks over 100 gal) and go with some sand sifters like sand star, dormia crab.

[rlcline76]

small emerald crabs