In my tropical tank, I have a black algae growing everywhere; on the glass, and the bogwood. It's like tiny black 'plants'. What type of algae is it, and what is the best, and easiest way to get rid of it??? Thanks

Its black hair algae,a real nuisance.Lots of water changes to lower nitrates,and try some phospate remover in your filter if possible.

Does it look like that?

If so then all you have to use a lot of elbow grease and scrub it all off.

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solve the cause not the problem.

You need to cut down your nitrates and phosphates, it may also be too much lighting.

Right so you want to make sure your not over feeding. Keep up a proper water change schedule. Also cut your lighting down to at most 12 hours a day, ideally 8-10 is better until the algae is gone.

Is the tank near natural light, as in does it recieve direct sunlight at all? If so try to stop that.

Oh and do a water test. You need to check pH, nitrate, phosphate, GH, KH

Scrubbing will just remove it this time. It will grow back again so save yourself some time and stop it growing at all first then scrub it out of your tank

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Thanks a lot. and it looks a bit like the brush algae, thats what i thought it could be, but it looks a little darker, and seems to grow in single little 'plants', instead of a big mass together.