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08-17-2007, 04:13 AM
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Our white tailed pygmy angelfish eats our hair algae, now if only he'd eat aptasia!
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08-17-2007, 04:18 AM
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the only other thing that I could think of is iron. Is there somehow excess iron entering your tank? The algaes feed on this as well. I've seen this algae and it's very weird. Not the same color or consistency as much of the hair algae I've encountered. Good luck catherine!
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08-17-2007, 06:59 AM
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I battled hair algae for many MONTHS. It was the toughest thing...whew. When I see a strand now I just freak....I did all of the above as you did...some of the snails I used were amazing...I don't remember their name, but they were not turbos, J&L was out and they gave me these large snails instead (Rene at J&L's) and man do they clean up, PLUS they are too large for the hermits to kill easily, and when they fall over they can right themselves unlike turbos, mine in large part was a nutrient issue, plus poor lighting, a new tank and just about every other thing you can imagine....among many many others, I did beat it but it wasn't easy.... it does take MUCH patience, perseverence and hope!
I do agree that you most likely are on the winning side now...with switching to RO, new bulbs, plucking it out, CUC, etc etc, I think it will just take time, and drive you nuts but I bet you have the start of the end! I can't say that I dropped the temp or salinity...I figured there was enough of a battle going on to add that to my mix...
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03-08-2009, 05:53 PM
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Hair algae
I had a problem with hair algae as I had inherited the tank from someone who lost interest. I did the water changes the new halide , introduced a algae team of crabs , lawnmower blenie and 2 tangs, Pulled algae from the rocks by hand, and I wasnt winning . I finally pulled out the rocks that were bad and scrubed them with a toothbrush and rinsed them with water change water in my kitchen sink. Took about a month of work as I would do 3-4 rocks a week. By the end of it my yellow tang finished the rest. And then he ate the zenia becuase I had no algae left.
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