Hair algae ugh - what to do?

[Carandiru]

Tackle your phosphates, you can use a phosphate remover like RowaPhos or some other General GFO. Hair algae loves phosphates and in your case go after the cause of them. Manually picking them out and removing from tank works good but you need to reduce phosphates so they don't grow back.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Carandiru

Tackle your phosphates, you can use a phosphate remover like RowaPhos or some other General GFO. Hair algae loves phosphates and in your case go after the cause of them. Manually picking them out and removing from tank works good but you need to reduce phosphates so they don't grow back.

No detectable PO4. I have been running bio pellets which are supposed to help. Used them the last 18 mths and only recently algae issues.