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Why does the fish tank grow brown algae? How to remove the brown algae

Gustavo 'Gus' Fring
2020-12-11 03:21:28
The long brown algae in the fish tank shows that the water body is relatively fat and the light is abundant. The harm of brown algae is not great, in addition to affecting the viewing, it will not have other effects on fish, and as algae, it can also carry out photosynthesis to produce oxygen. It should be noted that the occurrence of algae explosion must be prevented, because a large number of algae will die after a large number of algae reproduction, which will cause great pollution to the water quality.
Why does the fish tank grow brown algae? How to remove the brown algae

1. why does the fish tank grow brown

algae? The fish tank grows brown algae, which shows that the water body is relatively fat and the light is abundant. The harm of brown algae is not great, in addition to affecting the viewing, it will not have other effects on fish, and as algae, it can also carry out photosynthesis to produce oxygen. It should be noted that the occurrence of algae explosion must be prevented, because a large number of algae will die after a large number of algae reproduction, which will cause great pollution to the water quality.

2. How to remove

brown algae 1. Manual cleaning: manual cleaning is generally used to clean brown algae. First fish out the fish in the tank, then drain the water inside, and then slowly scrape off the algae attached to the tank wall with tools such as algae scraper. Be careful when scraping, do not leave scratches on the glass, and then re-inject water to release the fish after cleaning.

2. Algae removal by drugs: On the one hand, algae removal by drugs can kill algae, on the other hand, it can also control the growth of algae. Generally, the dosage of algaecide will be higher, usually choose algaecide such as glutaraldehyde or copper sulfate, but it must not be mixed, otherwise it will lead to its failure. If you control it, you can reduce the dosage and supplement it regularly.

3, raise tool fish: tool fish is algae-eating fish, usually can choose black line flying fox, small elf fish, black Mary, kissing fish and so on, these will eat algae. It should be noted that if other fish are mixed, attention must be paid to their body shape and habits so as not to be eaten.

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