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Finally got to the bottom of the algae when I found someone who new what it was, hairy algae was the diagnosis and apparently a pain to get rid of so with advice I've removed bog wood and that is soaking for a few days in salt water then it's just a case of picking out the infected gravel piece...

Thanks for that I have a BN plec but this algae he wont have so my LFS suggested taking them a water sample, I think I just need the right balance of light, plants and fish together with some regular water changes Cheers for your advice much appreciated. Thanks for that I have a BN plec but...

Thanks I've looked up the snails they seem interesting, will my assassin snail not go for them though? And my tiger barbs can be quite aggressive when they are hungry, will some loaches do the trick? Cheers again

Hey I'm looking for something that will eat the algae from my gravel, I've tried regular water changes reduced light etc but it grows so fast! I have a Bristlenose Plec, assassin snail and 7 tiger barbs so it will need to get along with them. Any ideas??? My tank is 65 ltr and Planted. Cheers

Assassin snail worked a treat for me, he's on his own and cleaned out a 65 litre tank quite quickly with a little help from my tiger barbs knocking them off the top of the tank!