SRC Member NGWEEKOK Posted March 26, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 How to get rid of hair algae? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member NGWEEKOK Posted March 26, 2006 Author SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 Its every where on glass, live rock. i try to remove by hand but still grow back few days later!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Tanga Posted March 26, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 Bro do you have rowaphos if you do that mean the rowa exhausted. To remove the algea you need to take out all the rocks and brush out them. Reduce your photoperiod and once you remove the algea put new rowas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member NGWEEKOK Posted March 26, 2006 Author SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 ya! i use rowaphos. Its is not very useful only last 2-3weeks the start to grow again! any chemcial or liquid product i can use?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithtanbb Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 do you have any short spike sea urchin (brown or tuxedo type), try one - they scrape my rocks for algae (the long spikes ones will stripe off coralline -DONT GET THIS KIND! your algae bloom is due to your feeding/nutrients, you can tryother friendlier algae like chaetomorpha's to compete for with the hair algae for nutrients Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member NGWEEKOK Posted March 26, 2006 Author SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 My MH light(150w) i on it for 11hrs/day is it too long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member c0ol Posted March 26, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 try to reduce your lighting period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ervine Posted March 26, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 can try a sea hare... will clean out ur algae within a week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Tanga Posted March 26, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 Bro 11 hrs is too long, try to cut down the mh minimum 6 to 8 hrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member huanjie Posted March 26, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 Rabbit fish or algae blenny will be good helper for algae control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member reef2 Posted March 26, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 can try a sea hare... will clean out ur algae within a week... sea hare most effective Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Limpc Posted March 26, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 Your pix reminds me of the same situation months ago. There is no easy way out. Here's what I did .... 1. Weekly water change, IMPT: use only DI water 2. Remove LR with severe hair algae. 3. Reduce photo time 4. Reduce NO3 thro' nitrate reduction equipment 5. Bought a Maldives PBT from Henry and this guy was an excellent algae grazer. Even Henry could not believe it when I told him. BTW, he still got the same batch last week, worth every penny. Now my tank is clean of the nuisance algae. My 2 cents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member zarkon Posted March 26, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 ya! i use rowaphos. Its is not very useful only last 2-3weeks the start to grow again! any chemcial or liquid product i can use?? Bro, Do you use FR with the Rowaphos or just put them in a bag and dump into your sump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member NGWEEKOK Posted March 26, 2006 Author SRC Member Share Posted March 26, 2006 Put them in a bag and dump into the sump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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