It is green hair algae
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newbie916 - Posts: 375
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It is green hair algae
I did some searching online and noticed that my green s**t is green hair algae. I cut back my feedings today, but what else could I do to help speed up the process of getting rid of the stuff?
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lionlord3502 - Posts: 158
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if it green hair git a yellow tang or a shit load of hermit crabs and git it under control as soon as you can green hair dont stop. and will kill everything if left out of check. i lost all my reef because of it :( . it over grow and engolfed the entire tank.
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dick_headers - Posts: 424
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newbie,
Do you have well balanced alkalinity and calcium levels?8-12DKH/380-450ppm
Well balanced calc/alk makes big different. Hair algae can easily die off, and coralline will start to grow.
Do you have well balanced alkalinity and calcium levels?8-12DKH/380-450ppm
Well balanced calc/alk makes big different. Hair algae can easily die off, and coralline will start to grow.
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newbie916 - Posts: 375
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I have over 200 hermits a yellow,sailfin, and hippo tang. None of them eat the stuff. I've tried every cleaning crew member you could think of.
My Calcium level is about 425-450 ppm and my alk is around 9. Hopefully, cleaning my phos reactor and cutting back a little on my feeding will get this stuff under control. I'll also make sure my calcium stays at 450ppm.
My Calcium level is about 425-450 ppm and my alk is around 9. Hopefully, cleaning my phos reactor and cutting back a little on my feeding will get this stuff under control. I'll also make sure my calcium stays at 450ppm.
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newbie916 - Posts: 375
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Lionlord,
Sorry to hear about your tank. I could see how the green algae could over take your tank and kill everything. Fortunately, my green hair algae hasn't really increased, but it's been steady and comes back in the same spots.
thx,
newbie
Sorry to hear about your tank. I could see how the green algae could over take your tank and kill everything. Fortunately, my green hair algae hasn't really increased, but it's been steady and comes back in the same spots.
thx,
newbie
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nicholas542 - Posts: 384
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I too have a battle with green hair algae so far i'm winning. I took out all the rock work and scrubed the shit out of it to get all that crap off. Then I did what dick_headers said I checked may alk/calc. levels and it's finally dying off. I have a full cleanup crew including two emerald crabs, and they wouldn't keep the crap under control. That's the only algae prob i have now is the green hair to tackle. I've gone through the first brown, then a redslime outbreak, now hair algae.