Green Hair Algea

[One Stoned Coral]

Can someone help me with controling Green Hair Algea. It started as a little clump and now has popped up all over the tank. is their a hermit or fish or something that will control this?

Thanks

 

[liquid]

Could you possibly post some information about your tank and your maintenance routine? This might help us deduce how to help you. Do you use RO/DI water for topoff? Have you tried using kalkwasser to precipitate out phosphates? Do you run carbon? Etc...

Shane

 

[fishfanatic2]

I follow up on liquid, but hermits do eat hair algae.

However, before you go out and buy any hermits, information on your tank would be great.

 

[jethro]

Green Emerald crab.

 

[Modo]

Is your tank fairly new? Do you feed heavily? What type of filtration do you have? Post your parameters including if you can phosphate and nitrate.

I had a Red-lipped Blenny that would devore hair algae, but again I can't recommend it w/o knowing size, params, stocking levels etc....

 

[investigator1]

Here is what we have discussed prior that effects hair algae growth:

- Make sure your salinity is at 1.025 or a tad lower.
- Make sure you have a phosphate export. (skimmer or absorber)
- Make sure you have some algae eating inverts.
(Emerald crabs work the best for me)


Lastly, hair algae is not that bad considering the other alternative when it goes away. (Cyano)

 

[Anonymous]

If your tank is over stocked, over feed, under skimmed, or maintained with tap water, you'll get hair algea. The only way to rid the tank of the algea is to remove the rock and scrub it clean (then rinse it in old tank water) and put it back in. Unless you have corrected the problem that caused the hair algea, it will come back right away.

Hair algea feeds off excess nutrients. A phospate test kit may show a zero reading, but is still present in the water, but the hair algea is consuming it and giving you the false impression because your test kit is not reading it.

Tell us everything about your set-up and maintanace routine, and we'll help you figure out what is causing your problem.

Louey

 

[ZigZagZombie]

Louey is right...That is the way i fought it. It might be a PITA, but after your done scrubbing them and put them back in your tank, you'll love it. After that i worked on my skimmer. No hair now....