Help - Hair algae - unstoppable.

[ezbandrea]

Hi all
i need some real good advice. My Hair algae is out of control.
I have a 57g/215l freashwater tank which is 6.8ph, 0 ammonia, 0 Nitrate, 5ppm Nitrate which is out of direct natural light and lights on 8 hours a day. lights 2 x 30w 8,000k and 1 x 25w 15,000k tri power light blue light.
i do not overfeed my fish which is based around an Amazon biotope with tetras.
What is going wrong???
How can i improve the relentless hair algae growth.

 

[Murano22s]

I have read that blue light anything I've 6700k will promote algae but this is just what I've heard

 

[ejaramillo01]

Hi all
i need some real good advice. My Hair algae is out of control.
I have a 57g/215l freashwater tank which is 6.8ph, 0 ammonia, 0 Nitrate, 5ppm Nitrate which is out of direct natural light and lights on 8 hours a day. lights 2 x 30w 8,000k and 1 x 25w 15,000k tri power light blue light.
i do not overfeed my fish which is based around an Amazon biotope with tetras.
What is going wrong???
How can i improve the relentless hair algae growth.

I would suggest you to apply excel directly not the algae or to do a three days block out.

 

[aqua_chem]

Do you know what you have to shake the heck out of those nitrate test bottles right?

 

[Patrice]

I have that problem when my iron is to high. Or, what I mean is when my micro is use up and I have only macro(iron base) left. You can controlled it by excel double the dozing. But if you stop and don't correct you fert, you know what will happen right!

 

[Cobaltskyy]

i have a similar setup, had super bad hair algae....i got 4 TRUE flying foxes for my 30 gal....hair algae was gone in two weeks!