hair algae

I have a 10 gallon fish tank that I’m setting up. Who would’ve thought, I got a white hair algae problem. There’s a lot of white Hair algae in the HOB filter, I take apart the pump and clean it every three days. Well, I’m tired of it! I got frustrated enough that I just plopped an Airstone into...

Hi everyone. I have a low tech 5 gallon tank that I usually keep a betta in, for the past four years. However, Duke has passed away recently after a long, fulfilling fish life. Before I get a new fish for the tank, I’d like to treat the hair algae that has completely taken over. I’m hoping not...

Hi, I’m looking for advice as I’m struggling with hair algae in my tank (100cm x 40cm x 50cm) approx 160L/40G. So I’m considering amano shrimp but concerned about my zebra loaches. Plants: I’ve attached a photo so you can see the plants I have and the type of algae growing, it’s mainly the...

I am new to fish keeping and aquatic plants. We purchased a fluval flex 15 gallon tank that has been running for about 3 months. There is hair like algae that grows on all the plants, and the plants seem to be a little stunted. The new growth on the plants is green but the older growth is...

Hi, my live plants in my Betta tank are overrun with hair algae, I’ve tried lots of treatments and even bleach dipped. I’ve cut the lighting down to 6 hours an evening. They have grown so big so I really don’t want to get rid and start again. Any ideas? Also my Amazon swords roots are massive so...

Hi there For the last two weeks I have been using Api prevent algae to hopefully try and reduce the hair algae I am getting on my dwarf sage but I also have activated carbon in my tank so I am wondering will the carbon render the algae treatment useless like it would with fish medicine?

Hi Everyone! I'm pretty new to the forum - I posted once before to ask for help on my 21 Litre Nano, because every time I did a water change, my nitrites would go up! I've actually had to break down the tank and nearly gave up on it (and the hobby) altogether - but here I am. I started having...

Hi everyone , I am one week into my fishless cycle and am seeing high levels of ammonia and nitrites with medium to low levels of nitrates. I am now experiencing a hair algae bloom. Am I doing something wrong ? I have a 135 litre planted tank with a Co2 system. I run the lights for...

hello I am considering getting a uv light. I am having some diatoms appear and hair algae in my established 29 gallon. How effective are uv lights and are there any better options?

Hello everyone. My new 10 gallon divided low tech tank has been running about a week now. As the light was so poor on the hood I’ve put a tabletop led grow light shining into the sides. My plants look great, my weeping moss divider is filling out amazingly well with the directional grow lamps...

(Dumb tablet!! I had to plug it in in the middle of my post and lost everything!! Ok...second try!) This is basically of going to be a journal of how I battle green spot algae(the least worrisome), bba, a tiny bit of hair algae, and the most worrisome, cyanobacteria. My tank stats: 20 gallon...

Hi all,   Have a few questions to ask regarding ferts etc. etc.   As people who have read my posts before will know, i'm in the middle of a plant-in cycle, 70L tank.. looking to create a fairly heavily planted community aquarium. Lights are LEDs equivalent to 6 w/L and are on 7/8 hours daily.  ...

so i have some hair algae starting to grow everywhere in my tank.  its even over taking my java moss!  i would almost like it if it would stay off of my other plants but that's not going to happen .  So what i was going to do was put a black bag over my tank and not use any fertilizer for about...

I have a planted tank that is full of green hair algae and I am curious as to whether a Farlowella will help fix it or will it do more damage than good? After it cleans up the tank I am putting it into a 29 gallon community tank with an angelfish and a few different species of catfish, and will...