HAIR ALGEA

[Louie3]

HAIR ALGAE IS KILLING ME! Can any one tell me a cheap efficiant way on how to do this? I keep pulling it and putting it into a net and throwing it way but it keeps growing. my snails clean it up but its back in a couple of days! but it only grows on the left side of the tank behinde the filter. if you need pics i can post some up. HELP S.O.S

[akm]

The main thing that causes algae are phosphates. Do you have fuge, how often do oyu do what changes, do you use phosphate binders, how much do you feed, what is you skimmer? All these are things that contribute to how much algae can grow.

[GaryP]

Controlling nuisance algaes is simply a matter of removing more nutrients (primarily phosphate) then you put into the tank in the form of food. Food can contain up to 1% phosphate and a lot of it passes through to the water. Even if you are testing and get low levels for phosphate its still present in a form that your test kit cannot detect. The best test kit for phosphate is the simple presence of hair algae in the first place.

[falcondob]

Grasshoppa', the mantra you shall recite 1,000 times a day is:

"Without the nutrients, the algae shall be gone...
Without the nutrients, the algae shall be gone...

-- The scary Tibetan monk with white eyes...

[Louie3]

The main thing that causes algae are phosphates. Do you have fuge, how often do oyu do what changes, do you use phosphate binders, how much do you feed, what is you skimmer? All these are things that contribute to how much algae can grow.

No I do not have a fuge. I change water every 2 or 3 weeks. No I do not use phospate binders I'm down to only feeding 1 time a day my skimmer is a REDSEA Berlin air lift. And a Tang i dont know if or how much it cleans but here it is.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h310/HardRockerLouie/DSC01055.jpg

[Richard]

Yes, post some pics. If it is hair algae then it is all about nutrients mainly phosphate but if it is byopsis you'll have a heck of a time getting rid of it by just trying to control nutrient levels. Bryopsis can be a problem even when nutrient levels are kept in check.

[Louie3]

I scraped it all of last night so i dont have some pics of it

[falcondob]

Grasshoppa', the mantra you shall recite 1,000 times a day is:

"Without the nutrients, the algae shall be gone...
Without the nutrients, the algae shall be gone...

-- The scary Tibetan monk with white eyes...

Then:
"Unless it is Byopsis, then ommmmmmmmm...
Unless it is Byopsis, then ommmmmmmmm..."