Identifying algae

tomreefer · 12/18/2018, 05:46 PM

I have a brownish algae on my sand bed and looks like a carpet mad and hard to remove by siphon. What algae is this? Can I get critters that actually eat this algae (fish; inverts)?

jlmawp · 12/18/2018, 07:25 PM

It’ll be tough to truly diagnose without a picture. Could you provide one?

I don’t want to assume you are new because of your join date, but how old is the tank?

tomreefer · 12/18/2018, 09:40 PM

I removed a lot but here you go

tomreefer · 12/18/2018, 09:42 PM

Another pic

mcgyvr · 12/19/2018, 05:43 AM

Can you get a better picture from the front of the tank looking in?

12/18/2018, 05:46 PM	#1
tomreefer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 767	Identifying algae I have a brownish algae on my sand bed and looks like a carpet mad and hard to remove by siphon. What algae is this? Can I get critters that actually eat this algae (fish; inverts)?

12/19/2018, 05:43 AM	#5
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Can you get a better picture from the front of the tank looking in? __________________ Who me?

12/18/2018, 07:25 PM	#2
jlmawp Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 595	It’ll be tough to truly diagnose without a picture. Could you provide one? I don’t want to assume you are new because of your join date, but how old is the tank?