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Polscot 07-27-2010 10:39 PM

GREEN HAIR ALGAE any help to remove will be appreciated
 
hey ive recently knowtised alot of green hair algae in my tank, all the parameters are great, water is crystal clear what eats this or how do i remove it

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Seamazter 07-27-2010 10:59 PM

Grab a lawnmower blenny, these fellows eat that stuff all day long.
Mexican turbo snails are known to eat it too, as well as a sea hare.

Polscot 07-27-2010 11:07 PM

its a 6.6g so turbo snails and blenny are much too big.....havent really heard of a seahare what is it?

Seamazter 07-27-2010 11:09 PM

A seahare is too big for your small tank, he would eat all your hair algae and die only to poison your tank.

whatcaneyedo 07-27-2010 11:14 PM

That sounds too small for a seahare too. Unless you just keep it for a day and then pass it on... they're big hair algae eating sea slugs. EDIT it looks like someone beat me to it.

Someone posts a new thread wanting to know how to get rid of problematic hair algae several times each month. If you do a quick search for 'hair algae' or 'bryopsis' you'll find plenty of information.

04scoobysti 07-28-2010 12:09 AM

It dosen't look like you have too much, just pull it out manually and keep up with your water changes and it will go away in time.

TheMikey 07-28-2010 12:12 AM

The fastest and most efficient way to get rid of the dreaded GHA (or any pest algae, for that matter) is to go to Home Depot and buy some wire brushes.

When you get home, fill up a bucket with some RO water and start scrubbing those rocks. Get every chunk of algae off and rinse the rocks in the bucket when you're done.

Rinse and repeat!

Nanoized 07-28-2010 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMikey (Post 537985)
The fastest and most efficient way to get rid of the dreaded GHA (or any pest algae, for that matter) is to go to Home Depot and buy some wire brushes.

When you get home, fill up a bucket with some RO water and start scrubbing those rocks. Get every chunk of algae off and rinse the rocks in the bucket when you're done.

Rinse and repeat!

HA to come back if you don't solve the underlying problem.

Scubasteve23 07-28-2010 05:15 AM

what kind of light are you running is it getting any natural light?

Polscot 07-28-2010 10:41 AM

its not on the rocks only on the sand, and im using 50/50 PC light with atenic leds no natural


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