loren99999
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I am having an outbreak of hair algae, any suggestions?
Hair algae
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abeandlulu
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what type of CUC do you have?
jchase1970
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will peppermint shrimp eat the hair algae?
nikesb
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Originally Posted by jchase1970
http:///forum/post/3265353
will peppermint shrimp eat the hair algae?
no
cut down on your phosphates and run some gfo. keep the hair algae short so that your cuc will eat it. if its long, they wont touch it
http:///forum/post/3265353
will peppermint shrimp eat the hair algae?
no
cut down on your phosphates and run some gfo. keep the hair algae short so that your cuc will eat it. if its long, they wont touch it
dann
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Originally Posted by loren99999
http:///forum/post/3264420
I am having an outbreak of hair algae, any suggestions?
Well if its because of nitrate, bring that down with some water changes. Mexican Turbo snails did a great job for me. They almost ate all of it. just place them on the rocks with the most algae.
http:///forum/post/3264420
I am having an outbreak of hair algae, any suggestions?
Well if its because of nitrate, bring that down with some water changes. Mexican Turbo snails did a great job for me. They almost ate all of it. just place them on the rocks with the most algae.
loren99999
New Member
Thanks for your comments, went to my lfs and purchased fifteen more red leg crabs and 10 turbo snails. Before putting them in did a water change, scrubbing the live rock as much as possible. What a difference, they have cleaned up most of the hair algae and it looks great again.
flower
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Originally Posted by jchase1970
http:///forum/post/3265353
will peppermint shrimp eat the hair algae?
No, Peppermints eat aiptasia.
A sea hare, a lawnmower blenny a dwarf Angelfish, urchins…not all of these critters are good for your personal setup. I don’t know what size tank or how long it has been established. A sea hare or urchin will starve if there is not enough algae. This makes a dwarf angel or lawnmower blenny a good choice, depending on what fish you already have.
LOL…there is no such thing as increasing coralline algae, it takes to forever to form at its own good pace, it’s an encrusting algae. Using only RO water, doing water changes, keeping phosphates down are all excellent advice. The lights won’t really matter if you don’t check those phosphates and get it under control… Who wants a dark tank all the time?
http:///forum/post/3265353
will peppermint shrimp eat the hair algae?
No, Peppermints eat aiptasia.
A sea hare, a lawnmower blenny a dwarf Angelfish, urchins…not all of these critters are good for your personal setup. I don’t know what size tank or how long it has been established. A sea hare or urchin will starve if there is not enough algae. This makes a dwarf angel or lawnmower blenny a good choice, depending on what fish you already have.
LOL…there is no such thing as increasing coralline algae, it takes to forever to form at its own good pace, it’s an encrusting algae. Using only RO water, doing water changes, keeping phosphates down are all excellent advice. The lights won’t really matter if you don’t check those phosphates and get it under control… Who wants a dark tank all the time?
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steve620
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Is Hair algae bad for the tank. I have alot on my rocks.
flower
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Originally Posted by steve620 http:///t/376854/hair-algae#post_3446284
Is Hair algae bad for the tank. I have alot on my rocks.
Well, that's sort of a loaded question....hair algae is very ugly to look at , it even clogs the filters, and sufficates all the corals. However regardless of how invasive it is...it does remove the nitrates and phosphates as you physically remove the algae by hand. So, just like the good looking macoalgae we want in the tank, it does the same job. Left on it's own and pruned as much as possible, the only things remaining will be the fish and the hair algae. Your pumps will clog up as well.
Only feed rinsed frozen foods and never pellets or flake. Use only RO water, and don't overfeed coral foods. High phosphates and nitrates feed hair algae. Bad/old bulbs in your lights as well.
One thiong to do is cleaning your live rock with a scrub brush in saltwater and before you place it back in the tank...rinse in a separate container of saltwater to make sure nothing is still on the rock to float away and regrow.
You can put the rock in freshwater but then you kill any life in the rock as well.
Originally Posted by steve620 http:///t/376854/hair-algae#post_3446284
Is Hair algae bad for the tank. I have alot on my rocks.
Well, that's sort of a loaded question....hair algae is very ugly to look at , it even clogs the filters, and sufficates all the corals. However regardless of how invasive it is...it does remove the nitrates and phosphates as you physically remove the algae by hand. So, just like the good looking macoalgae we want in the tank, it does the same job. Left on it's own and pruned as much as possible, the only things remaining will be the fish and the hair algae. Your pumps will clog up as well.
Only feed rinsed frozen foods and never pellets or flake. Use only RO water, and don't overfeed coral foods. High phosphates and nitrates feed hair algae. Bad/old bulbs in your lights as well.
One thiong to do is cleaning your live rock with a scrub brush in saltwater and before you place it back in the tank...rinse in a separate container of saltwater to make sure nothing is still on the rock to float away and regrow.
You can put the rock in freshwater but then you kill any life in the rock as well.