How To Get Rid Of...

[leecara]

how to get rid of green hair algae ?
it seems to be getting out of control now so- how is this happening- how can i stop it- how i can prevnt this in the future
also what invert or fish eats green hair algae as nothing is eating it
cheers lee

 

[AK77]

I bought a shed load of snails from ebay to deal with all the brown and hair algae. Within 5 days my tank was as clean as a whistle. Even the rocks are spotless too.

 

[SkiFletch]

In a tank as big as yours? Tangs

 

[kkyyllee]

you need to find the source first, are you using ro water? what are your parameters?

 

[Filmoholic]

Your sea turtles aren't taking care of that? lol.Rowaphos works great for me.

 

[leecara]

i have two mani algae eeaters ( fish wise)a yellow eyed bristle tooth tang and flame angel they eat all my algae apart from the green hair algae
also shall i change my phos guard?

 

[SkiFletch]

Is the phos guard white or brown? And more importantly, how long has it been in there.

 

[leecara]

white when it started i will check colour 2moz and about 3 weeks maybe not even that

 

[jeasko]

white when it started i will check colour 2moz and about 3 weeks maybe not even that

would prob be best to remove it as it usually only lasts 3-4 weeks max, without testing u will never know weather its at saturation point.
did the hair algae reduce at all after u put it in then come back witha vengance as time went on? if so u probably needed more as the substrate will hold shed loads of phosphate as well
also LFS advised me to cut lighting time down, whats ur lighting time at mo?

 

[leecara]

i will check posphate later and the phos guard 2 moz doing a 10% water change later and my ligthting is 10 - 7 blue (9 hours)11 - 6 white(7 hours)