green hair algae

[blazehok68]

what causes green hair algae, and how do you get rid of it? i use ro water and i have a fuge with a ton of cheato in it. i thought that haveing a fuge with macros was supposed to almost eliminate micro algaes b/c they were in competitiion for the same nutrients and the macros always win? i dont know maybe its just a common sense question and im just stupid.

 

[blazehok68]

hooray for me and #600!!

that guys cool

 

[crzyfshygy]

Ya know I have zero phosphates in my tank and still get a small amout of hair alge. I run a awesome skimmer (ETSS) rated for 180gl on a 65 and do weekly water changes ...but it still gets in there. I even ran a small fuge for a while and it still happened.
What are your phos levels and nitrate levels?

 

[richie1742]

place sea urchins right on top of the problem..they will clean it up but then they wonder off so keep them in place... worked for me!!!

 

[jonnywater]

Yeah usually once it is there, you need something to eat it all.

 

[cain420]

what is your lighting schedule? near a window where sunlight comes in?

 

[blazehok68]

Originally Posted by crzyfshygy
Ya know I have zero phosphates in my tank and still get a small amout of hair alge. I run a awesome skimmer (ETSS) rated for 180gl on a 65 and do weekly water changes ...but it still gets in there. I even ran a small fuge for a while and it still happened.
What are your phos levels and nitrate levels?
i have to buy another kit, i think mine is old.

 

[blazehok68]

Originally Posted by jonnywater
Yeah usually once it is there, you need something to eat it all.
i have a ton of turbos...i guess they are not doing their jobs.

 

[blazehok68]

Originally Posted by cain420
what is your lighting schedule? near a window where sunlight comes in?
no sunlight is coming in, i have 260 watts of pc lighting on for 12hrs.

 

[reeferdawg]

scrub it off with a tooth brush it works for me

 

[fishy7]

Hey Blaze,
I have a bad problem with green algae. It is on about 25% of my rocks. I have done a few things:
First find what is causing the issue: Mine happened to be the MH's running for 8 hours per day.
Phosphates is 0
No natural sunlight.
1) Tried to treat chemically. This caused an ammonia spike.
2) Bought a urchin. Now this guy is taking care of business but, he is also eating my coraline.
3) Adding more hemits and turbos to get the situation undercontrol....

 

[richie1742]

ya thoes urchin, dont leave em in there too long they will tear up ur coraline

 

[fishy7]

I keep moving him back to the areas in need, since he has his own plan.. It is pretty funny to watch him, he has a bunch of shells on him, looks like a regualr little hermit urchin.

 

[shoreliner11]

Whats your bioload? How deep and old is your sandbed? Regardless of filtration, the nutrients have to be coming from somewhere. IMO emerald crabs have done a great job in the past for me.
Good on ya
Aaron

 

[rusting]

How old are your bulbs? I changed mine, and did the toothbrush thing, cut back on feeding, got a lot of snails,I also added 2 power heads for more flow, now my tank looks great.