Please tell me this is not brush algae....

[Freakin' Fraud]

The plants were perfectly healthy when I transfered them from my old tank to the new setup.

Now this algae (or whatever it is) is all over the leaves and stems of my crypts. I am hoping that it is brown algae which is often associated with new setups like mine...



Do help me by taking a look at the attachments... oh, they are not furry at all, just black spots/patches... Sorry for the grainy pictures.. due to the limitations of a camera phone..

[juggler]

Looks like brush algae as idenified at this article http://www.aquaticscape.com/articles/algae.htm

Up the CO2 (with nutrient control) and introduce SAE should help. I found that those infected leaves would weaken. I just pull them away when they start dying.

[taz_boy]

the 1 up there definitly looks like Black Brush Algae to me..appears on my vallis last time. as wat KF suggest, up and have a constant co2 level would help.

[Freakin' Fraud]

Nono... the 1st picture I got from the web for use as reference.. The algae in my tank are the photos in the attachment... Hmm, maybe I should remove the web picture to avoid miscommunication...

btw...the tank is only 6 days old and it is supposed to be going in the non-co2, low light, zero fertilizer direction... and it comprises mainly slow growing plants such as crypts and nanas... so is there any possible solution other than to "up co2"?

Thanks...

[Sleepy_lancs]

Reduce Light source to below 1.5 wpg

[hirowen]

Try physicaly remove them, if it is too serious, pull off the affected leaf. Seachem flourish Excel helps too.