What you are seeing is brown diatom algae and it is like no other algae green red or brown that you have ever dealt with before.
Brown stuff growing out of carpet.
Run a dehumidifier in the area to remove any residual moisture and stop the growth.
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Brown algae is something that nearly every rookie tank owner has to endure and the problem generally resolves itself within a few months.
Vacuum the carpet with a wet vac to remove any excess water.
Once most of the mold is vacuumed up you can steam clean the carpet to blast out the remnants of mold and clean them away.
But that s not the only time it pops up brown algae is a natural part of your ecosystem.
So there s little to worry about.
It is vermiculite a common gardening material non nutritive organic whole grain flour of some sort usually brown rice i ve used millet i know rye should work and water.
The stuff is sterilized in a jar and spores are injected into the cake and this is the result once it s.
No need to freak out and waste your money not all fungi are deadly via their spores.
Brown mold on walls.
A better question is how do you get rid of it no matter what you do it just seems to keep growing and getting worse all the time.
Walls are also common habitat for brown mold to grow especially in damp or dark spaces such as ceiling room and basement.
Finally lift the carpet in that area to ensure that you don t have mold growing underneath it.
Having just cut a hole through the dry wall i can confirm that there are no leaks from the.
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What i would do is to hit it with a nice dose of salt water.
The wall is an interior wall constructed of wooden studs and 1 2 inch drywall.
The outer surface is not the only place brown mold can grow.
I have an interior bedroom wall that somehow produces a brown sticky substance that runs down the wall.
But if your brown algae is growing out of control then you may be encouraging its growth with the following.
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Moist bathroom carpet or vinyl surface can also become a good growing area for brown mold.
I think that the main concern is that it s going to be eating your wood under the carpet and is drawing moisture from somewhere.
