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07-12-2012, 03:02 PM
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I'm going through the same thing right now, except that my hair algea problem is of epic proportions compared to yours. I'm also using RO/DI water and have been running GFO in a reactor for the last week. I tested for phospates and the test came back as 0 as I expected because the algea is absorbing all the phospates
What seems to be working for me is the addition of 10 Turbo Snails and 30 hermit crabs. The snails are devouring it. Hopefully the GFO will help as well. Also I got some Cheato so hopefully that will help absorb some of the phosphates that the hair algea needs. I suspect the root of my problem is my dry rock leeching Phosphate. I also did not acid bath my rock which I found out later maybe I should have done. I would suspect your rocks are leeching phospate as well. I think with time it will go away. So get some turbo snails and that should help. I also read that sea hares devour the stuff as well. Good luck with your battle. 
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07-12-2012, 03:40 PM
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The only thing that really works on hair algae is a seahare.
Snails and crabs, even fish, won't even put a dent into a hair algae infestation, but a seahare just mows it down. Once the algae is gone though, you need to pass the seahare along to another reefer, as it needs a lot of algae to eat or it quickly dies.
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07-12-2012, 06:44 PM
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It looks like bryopsis to me:
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/...51490-bryopsis keep a close eye on it much harder to get rid of than hair algae as nothing eats it.
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07-12-2012, 08:49 PM
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Have a look at the link subman posted
If your algae is feathery looking, then it's most likely bryopsis and you definitely want to remove it If your's is soft and clumpy, it's turf I have hermits that eat turf, but I'd need a huge army to keep it all down and I'm not interested in having that many
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