Re: [GSAS-Member] Brown Clinging Underwater Slime

[Steev Ward <steevward@yahoo.com>]

There are some "Blue-Green" algae that look brown. You'd do best to just treat 
it like
a Blue-Green (Cyanobacteria) although it is likely (in my experience) a mixture 
of
diatoms, Blue-Greens, and other algae. You should use a fine-mesh net to run 
through
the water after cleaning - you can pick up a lot of the algae that way before it
reattaches. Eventually it will diminish if you keep harvesting it and taking 
away the
food source - which is likely a film of fish waste and food that is building up 
on the
plant leaves and other surfaces.

Steev


--- Susan Welenofsky <welenofsky@comcast.net> wrote:

> I've got this and it seems to collect on the leaves of my plants, but can be
> knocked off easily. Some of it settles on the bottom. I've got a bunch of
> it, and I'm not sure if it's algae or something else. If I had a better
> filter, I could probably get rid of most of it. I am trying Excel. Any
> thoughts anyone?
> 
>  
> 
> Susan W
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