Brown Algae Glass?

How old is your tank?

 

Has any one had diatom problems when they started using Brute containers for water changes?

 

Any plastics will leach silicates, if it's a new brute then it will leach some silicates. Until they are gone you very well could see diatoms.

 

Got home from work , manage to take some picture. Please let me know what you guys think and I should do.. and that the piece of the plastic cover I have on my powerhead, to protect it from my RBTA getting kill.

 

looks like dust algae. When I switched to led's I had a crazy bloom, I could scrap then scrap and an hour later it looked like I had never done anything. I waited two weeks with no avail. Then I had a bacteria bloom (not related to lights, I cleaned out the filter) and opted for a UV unit. Cleared it all up in 2 days.

 

so i should invest in a UV unit? any suggestion which 1 I should get? I have a 120g DT. Thanks

 

6+ months

 

I would get different types of snails, asteria and turbo.

Mag float if you do not have one.

I myself would not buy a UV filter for that issue, but it will not hurt. Just get a decent one.