Hair Algae

[clintau]

What is the best way to get rid of Hair algae?
Phosphate sponge...Should I use something else?

 

[clarkiiclo]

That is a loaded question-
First of all what are your water parameters?
Lighting and lighting cycle?
What do you have in the tank?
There are many ways to get "rid" of hair algae

 

[clintau]

My para's are fine except I don't know what my phosphate level is.
My lights are on for 14.5 hrs. Is that too long?

 

[laddy]

14.5 hrs per day? WOW--what are you supporting in your tank. That sounds like a whole lot of time even for the most demanding corals/inverts. I'll tell you how I controlled my outbreak in my nano reef: cut lighting down to five hours a day (down from the 9 I had it set), topped off with RO water I purchased from my LFS, and cut back on the amount of food I fed my Ocellaris'. It took a couple of weeks, but it works. As for adding chemicals to your tank to control it, I'd avoid it.
Have you read this:
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...threadid=73002

 

[clintau]

I thought so.....
Thanks, I don't add chemicals only feed phyto once a week and do heavy skimming afterwards to remove excess. Over feeding is not a problem.
thanks for the input