Hair algea how to get rid ???

[Black Phantom]

Originally Posted by dkcrx

depending on what your keeping in your tank, any tang will clean it up in a flash. just based on your tank size keep them to no more than 2-3 fish

Any tang except mine. I have a hippo, naso and yellow tang. I even have a foxface. Do you think any of them will touch it. Noooooooo, they're all too spoiled with their fancy pellet and flake food.

[subman]

Originally Posted by midgetwaiter

Post a pic, the cause is easier to track down with a solid ID of the algae.

I've noticed that there seems to be quick a bit of organic phosphate (can't read with a normal test kit) in the tap water lately, lots of people are having algae problems. I have a softie tank I've never used RO/DI water with and all of a sudden I have cyano issues, every time a do a water change it gets worse. A friend of mine also in St. Albert is having the same problem but I'm not sure if it is city wide.

Best solution is using RO/DI if you can and some method of phosphate control. Better skimming should help too.

I had a Phosphate spike as well!

[Ripwoop]

try to reduce the photo period by 1 hour, work for me. no dosing. How old are the bulbs? have you tested the top up water for phosphate? Good luck

[Chowder]

Are you sure you have Hair algae and not bryopsis? Does the hair alge look feathery?

Chris

[Oscar]

I went through the following steps, trying to go from cheapest to the more expensive:

weekly Water changes
pruning
chaeto
pruning
more snails
pruning
Mg to 1600
pruning
shorter light period
pruning
phosban reactor
pruning
new hallide

At the end of the day the problem was a hallide that was too yellow.

[fishguyxd]

I guess I should add I have bubble algea sprouting up to.

water checks out ok, it's RO water no phosphates present

[Myka]

The battle continues...that sucks. Hair algae is usually pretty easily eliminated, Bubble algae on the other hand, not so much.