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I got a lot of brown algae or I think it’s a diatoms and I reduce my al prime light to 15 watts and I have 2 tank top and bottom so for them to get a light I put it in the left side from front, is the brown algae is okay without removing them? From sand and from my large rock
 

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I got a lot of brown algae or I think it’s a diatoms and I reduce my al prime light to 15 watts and I have 2 tank top and bottom so for them to get a light I put it in the left side from front, is the brown algae is okay without removing them? From sand and from my large rock
How new is the tank? If its still cycling its diatoms and just leave them be, the will get replaced with green algae in a couple weeks.
 

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Pictures under white light will be enormously helpful. An almost immediate diagnosis of dinos can be given then if that is the case.
 
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If its that old it could be dinos. Is it stringy and covered in bibbles?
No there’s no bubbles just a brown thing I wipe it yesterday while doing water change but can’t remove those brown thing from sand and rocks
 

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No there’s no bubbles just a brown thing I wipe it yesterday while doing water change but can’t remove those brown thing from sand and rocks
If it comes back tomorrow or the next day, its probably dinos, especially on the sand.
 
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