Hair Algae

[citation]

Added 96w actinic & 96w prem. daylight PCs about 3 weeks ago and now have hair algae growing on LV hermit crabs and on my feather dusters tubes. Alot of hair algae!! I use tap water for my weekly 4 gallon water changes. I feed the eel & trigger small pcs. cut shrimp twice a week. Damsels are flaked food 2/day small amounts. Do I need a school of tangs, skimmer, or RO water or perhaps all of the above to rid me of the hair!!!

 

[fshhub]

all the above, are good(well, except tmaybe the tang, they don't often eat hair algae, but a LMB may)
but, I also would cut back on lighting hours, and gradually increase it over a few weeks, a change in lighting will often create this proble.
Also, hwhat are your water parameters.

 

[michelle13]

I found that after I switched from tap water to RO/DI my hair algae all disappeared.

 

[phil1964]

I have a tang, a skimmer and ro/di water and I still get the stuff!
I will try cutting back from 12 to maybe 9 hours of light starting tonight. It gets light early now anyway.