Hi guys it's me again. The past few months was labour intensive... (Next time i build a pond it will be with others for sure... Lift hundreds of 30 lb's bricks back and forth is NOT fun at all..) Anyways my high tec tank just got an outburst of diatom like algae >_< Completely ate up my HC carpet... Originally i thought it'd just go away but happens to get 10 times worse by day... Im likely to pull up all my hc during this week... ( At least some are still alive.. back to farming these guys emersed /: ) The Anubias Nana ver. Petit on the other hand is doing fine .. am able to clean off the algae by hand .. Other guys like hydrocotyle tripartita and Ceratopteris thalictroides are not doing too bad either.. might need to cut back lighting and co2 for a while...( Rather not to increase the macro nutrients.. )
According to some online threads, they say that this algae is caused by high silicates and nitrates. Which is funny because my nitrate reading is 0 ppm .. xD Dont know about silicate
Anyways I was just bored and decided to make a little thread for chit chat for those who got an outburst of ( Brown algae???)