Algae on Fake Plants

Have a bit of an issue that just arose. My tank has finally completely cycled...and now I have some brown algae stuff growing on my plastic plants. I have a 10gal tank and right now only 4 Zebrafish in there, I was going to get 2 cory's today, but now I'm wondering if there's another type of fish I should get instead that might eat the algae off these plants (snail?).

The tank has ~7.5-7.9 pH and is kept around 24C. Thanks for any help...it's just...unsightly.

And increase the light, the green and edable algae will keep the brown

Try this link: http://www.otocinclus.com/feeding.html

Under the 'soft green algea' section, it also mentions 'brown algea'. I have read elswhere that the otocinclus do a wonderful job of clearing up the brown stuff, and since they are small (about 2 inches) and non-aggressive, as well as fairly common in stores, I'd say this might be your solution.

I should learn to spell 'algae' . . .

Thanks guys. I cleaned/bleached out my fake plants/fixtures and I'm going to look into the otocinclus - given that it can take my water I may get one.

I'm going to see how long it takes for things to get 'dirty' again and just get the 2 guppies I wanted in the mean time.

not one, get at least 4 or 5 for a 10 gallon tank. Although there are excellent algae eaters they are very small and one will have no effect. Also be aware that Otto's are very sensitive to any change in water conditions.

You might take out the plastic plants and just wash them off. You could get a Chinese algae eater fish, too. You might want to check your feeding habits and water quality to be sure that there aren't too many nutrients in the water; adjust your light cycle to be < 10 hours/day... IMHO, H2