Hair algea

[deano320]

My tank is coming down with hair algea, is there anyway to get rid of it or even keep control of it?? Tank is planted with a gravel substrate! Light is on for 8 hours a day using a timer!!

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[FishieKeeper429]

Turn lighting down is the first thing. Second, I would personally tell you to use algaefix but some don't swear by it like I do. If you do decide to use it, you can get it at basically any pet/fish store.


20g long Baby Shark tank
10g Betta and Ember Tetras

 

[PNWaquarist]

I had hair algae growing all over the hornwort that I tethered to the top of my tank. It would only grow near the top, where the lighting is intense (my lighting is a rather weak 17 W T8 bulb). I got sick of it and tossed the hornwort. The hair algae then stopped growing. About two weeks ago, I introduced hornwort to the tank again and I've seen no signs of hair algae yet.

Based on my limited experience, it seems that low lighting might work for you.



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[ScotJudd]

When my tank was new and still settling down I had some hair grass algae. I treated it with Excel (Glut), squirting the Excel onto the algae using a pipette. Turning off the filters for a few minutes helps to ensure the Excel is not immediately washed away. The algae needed several treatments but died within a week and has not returned. At this time I was also drastically increasing my planting which I believe helped to stop the algae returning. I take the point about lighting but I didn't reduce my lighting, which is on 12 hours a day and I've had no algae for a year. Once algae is dealt with its just a case of getting the tank balance right.


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