Bad Hair Algae

[bv_reefer]

it's the turkey baster likwid, thats what i tried first but with a baster the water is cooled too fast, not too good, then i bought one of those water bottles with a fold down mouth piece and straw, and slowly let it linger over the hair algae, siphoned a bit out, 20% water change, i cut down on meaty feedings like brine shrimp and phytoplankton for about 10 days and thats about it. I wish i could be more help but everyones tanks so different it's hard to say. What really set me off is that my nitrates we're very low at the same time as i had the bloom! mind you i never tested my phosphates and i would not doubt if thy we're high

[likwid]

Originally Posted by bv_reefer

it's the turkey baster likwid, thats what i tried first but with a baster the water is cooled too fast, not too good, then i bought one of those water bottles with a fold down mouth piece and straw, and slowly let it linger over the hair algae, siphoned a bit out, 20% water change, i cut down on meaty feedings like brine shrimp and phytoplankton for about 10 days and thats about it. I wish i could be more help but everyones tanks so different it's hard to say. What really set me off is that my nitrates we're very low at the same time as i had the bloom! mind you i never tested my phosphates and i would not doubt if thy we're high

Hmm, I'm not sure how the water could cool too fast. I boil the water and bring the pot over next to the tank while its still boiling, suck it up with the baster and quickly put it in the tank to baste. Where did you buy that water bottle? Maybe I'll go out and grab one tonight to try that.

[bv_reefer]

just bought it at the dollar store, i just made sure there we're no inverts or corals near by, my hair algae was literally smothering my condy anemone so it was kinda ackward squirting scalding water at the algae, i think if i remember correctly you're supposed to let it linger very slowly over the algae, it was pretty neat as corraline took over the rock right away as soon as i got rid of the GHA

[bv_reefer]

-heres the thread from while back hope it helps
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...een+hair+algae

[likwid]

Originally Posted by bv_reefer

-heres the thread from while back hope it helps
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...een+hair+algae

Thanks for the link. So you boil the water in a pot, fill up the bottle, and then stick it in your tank and squeeze the water out slowly onto the hair algae?

[michika]

Yup, that is how it is done.

It didn't work for me unfortunately. In the end it was my urchin that cleaned it up and off the rocks.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by michika

Yup, that is how it is done.

It didn't work for me unfortunately. In the end it was my urchin that cleaned it up and off the rocks.

What kind of urchin, and will it fit in a 10g tank? I had a Sea Hare for a few days before it got sucked into an intake, but in those 2 days it would just sniff the stuff and not eat any of it. It pooped like crazy though.

[bv_reefer]

Originally Posted by likwid

Thanks for the link. So you boil the water in a pot, fill up the bottle, and then stick it in your tank and squeeze the water out slowly onto the hair algae?

ya pretty much, and other obvious things like cutting down on feedings helped me, i think coral feedings were my main contributor

[bv_reefer]

my sailfin tang ate some but definitely not enough to keep the scourge under control