Algae

Murray

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I got really bad brown algae, i get the glass covered every 7 days, its really annoying, it is growing on my java moss and young java fern and this is my first try at plants so i hope they will be ok. what are my options? i want to consider turning it to a planted tank eventually even if just with low maintanecnce plants like java moss and fern and lace java fern. please help, attatched are a couple pictures. notice the picture of the bridge has the java fern tied to it, its hard to tell but theres algae on the leaves....and the first picture with the glass with the algae all over it
 

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Brown algae (a diatom I believe) tends to appear in newly setup tanks, I've had it in both of my tanks when they were fairly new (2-3 months) then it has slowly gone away. Otocinclus and the larger snails (e.g. nerite snails) love the stuff and will clean it up in days and keep it clean if you have space for some in your tank.
 

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