Green hair Algae

[DarkHorseMBA]

I have a pretty good CUC, hermits, snail assortment, and an emerald crab. As for fish 2x clown 2x gobies an sailfin tang.

I'm starting to get some green hair algae. Is there anything that will eat it?


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[Mike]

I am surprised your tang won't eat it. Are you sure it is hair algae and not bryopsis? A sea hare will eat hair algae, but starve once it is all gone.

[Kristy]

Our blue tuxedo urchin has been known to plow through the hair algae too.

[justahobby]

Prevention is always the best solution. Maybe we could help you climate and prevent by finding the culprit. What size tank? Water source? Over feeding?

[DarkHorseMBA]

Prevention is always the best solution. Maybe we could help you climate and prevent by finding the culprit. What size tank? Water source? Over feeding?

My tang won't go near it, can't even get her to nori, only pellets.
I use only RO water, and it's 75g. My water is Pretty good, but over feeding is a possibility.

I've attached a photo of the biggest patch of it maybe 1/2 inch.




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[ErikH]

Pull the rock out and scrub it clean. You do not want GHA to get a foothold in your tank.

[vman181]

Pull the rock out and scrub it clean. You do not want GHA to get a foothold in your tank.

You can also pull it and us a blowtorch on it. I did and it worked great.

[justahobby]

Judging by the picture it looks like your tank is still in the baby phase. GHA is just part of the process as your bacteria grow to meet your needs/ bioload. Pellets rank highest as far as phosphates in foods goes. The catch no one mentions to adding herbivores like tangs is you have to feed them lots of veggie matter...... which is full of phosphates. So adding a tang really increases your problem rather than fixes it. I would cut back on feeding and closely monitor you fish. It's important to keep them well fed, but also keep in mind thag they have superior digestive systems which makes their food go a lot further than you think. Also consider switching to RODI. If you already have the RO system you should be able to add the extra stage fairly easily, cheap. And of course manual removal of the algae. Oh, and keeping up with your calcium dosing will help bind the phosphate so your water changes and protein simmer can remove them.

[DarkHorseMBA]

Taking out the rock to scrub is going to be a mess. Can I just scrub it in the tank, or will that spread it?



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