help me with some algae

I have this brown algae that is growing on my plants and decor and even some of the gravel. If i could describe it, it would be that is is a bronze dust like sort of algae that can easily be wiped off like its nothing but it keeps coming back and settling on my plants and some of the gravel. Does any one know a quick way to get rid of this or if you know of a fish or type of shrimp that can feed off of it that would be great

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Permalink Reply by Chris T on November 17, 2011 at 7:26pm

water changes and limiting your lights timeon first otherwise

fish-pleco,chinese algae eaters, otos

shrimps- ghost shrimp, cherry shrimp

snails- nerite

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Permalink Reply by Connor on November 17, 2011 at 8:39pm

i do about a 20 percent water change every other day because of the tannin i have in my water due to drift wood and recent dirting. But i have 4 ghost shrimp and they dont do anything about the algae. I also heard Chinese algae eaters arent true algae eaters

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Permalink Reply by Chris T on November 17, 2011 at 9:40pm

CAE are algae eaters but the grow 2 inches or more they start liking made food your best off with ottos , cherry shrimps are known to be on of top algae eating shrimps as they can eat many different types of algae,

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Permalink Reply by Matthew on November 17, 2011 at 7:44pm

Sounds like brown diatom algae is your tank a new setup if so this is normal part of the cycling process and should clear up on it's own whith regular water changes.

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Permalink Reply by Connor on November 17, 2011 at 8:40pm

my tank is about 3 months old so im not sure if its still considered "new" but maybe.. I also do about 20 percent water changes every other day due to the yellow tannins i have in my water from drift wood (im trying to clear it up)