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Thank you all for the advice. Going to get some floating plants and moderate the feeding a bit. Will report back in due course

So some floating surface plants would help then you think? Any in particular that you would recommend?

I had black beard algae before, as in the little individual bushes that looks like the picture below, but what I have now is quite different. Is there different types of this algae?

Thanks for the info. I have the lights on for 6.5hrs a day on a timer. Room does not get a lot of natural light, and certainly no direct light. I don't add any nutrients, as all of the plants are artificial. Pics of the built in lights:

They are on for 6.5 hrs a day. I've cleaned this off numerous times now. Maybe 6 times over the last year.

Thank you. Yeah it does clean off with a lot of scrubbing and effort. Yeah the plastic plants were sold from a reliable store, so I don't doubt their suitability. I feed once per day, and all the food is eaten in the 2-3 mins as suggested. Using flake food and literally break one big flake into...

Hi, I've got a relatively well established tank, but all of my ornaments and artificial plants are covered in a dark brown film, almost like dirt/slime. Comes off in chunks. I've got loads of filtration, limit the light, do regular water changes and careful with feeding. I'm out of ideas, can...