I have three anubias on which all the older leaves are coated with brown algae. The newest few leaves are fine.

The plants seem happy--the new leaves are big and healthy--so I don't want to damage them to fix what seems to be a cosmetic problem.

I've tried lightly rubbing the underwater leaves between my fingers, but none of the algae comes off.

Is there something else I should try?


Caroline in San Jose

Some time ago I had the same problem... somebody suggested cleaning them with bleach. I bought 3 oto catfish to take care of the problem. I have not seen algae on my anubias and Java fern's leaves since.

u can buy agle clear from the pet shop... which I have not used but my friends said she only had 2 use it once and it cleaned it right up and helped with the cycling of the tank 2.... I am having the same problem as u, but I thought it might be because my tank is only new and still not cycling right... but if it doent clear I may try the chemicl... unless n e one else has better ideas????