Well i've had this annoying brown algae slowly forming in my tank for a couple weeks now. It mainly covers my substrate and foreground plants. Almost none of my other plants are effected. It seems like it's trying to form a mat over my substrate if it wasn't for my daily poking and stirring of my substrate.
I thought it might be diatoms at first but it's not a dust like algae. It kind of clumps together and slowly forms a mat. Plus, i have two otos and they don't seem to affect it.
Please help me out. This stuff is ugly and annoying. Since i can't seem to find an algae similar to mine...i'm wondering if i might be a bacteria or something?
Here's the best pics i could get- it looks a bit different in real life.
Tank Specs:
-tank- 5.5g aga
-light- DIY canopy with 26w
-filter- Tom Rapids mini canister and a Red Sea Nano
-substrate- Eco Complete
-Co2- DIY 2x20oz bottles
-Fish- 4 neon tetras, 2 otos, and 2 ghost shrimp (my 3rd jumped this morning )
-Ferts- Flourish Comprehensive, Flourish Iron, and Flourish Excel (occasionally); I have the ingredients for the PPS pro system on the way
I thought it might be diatoms at first but it's not a dust like algae. It kind of clumps together and slowly forms a mat. Plus, i have two otos and they don't seem to affect it.
Please help me out. This stuff is ugly and annoying. Since i can't seem to find an algae similar to mine...i'm wondering if i might be a bacteria or something?
Here's the best pics i could get- it looks a bit different in real life.


Tank Specs:
-tank- 5.5g aga
-light- DIY canopy with 26w
-filter- Tom Rapids mini canister and a Red Sea Nano
-substrate- Eco Complete
-Co2- DIY 2x20oz bottles
-Fish- 4 neon tetras, 2 otos, and 2 ghost shrimp (my 3rd jumped this morning )
-Ferts- Flourish Comprehensive, Flourish Iron, and Flourish Excel (occasionally); I have the ingredients for the PPS pro system on the way