hair alge

[redaustin88]

Whats the best way to get rid of hair alge???

[ggk1988]

Find the source of your problem first. Most common is phosphate. What is you water source?

[redaustin88]

Ive got a four stage RO/DI filter setup from the filter guys. But I dont think that is the prob because I supply two freinds with water as well that do not have this prob. It is mainly in my 90 gal fuge in the basement. It has a 400w halide over it.

[vanmo92]

Definitely to attack the source, and not just the actual algae.

[jhnsail]

From some of the stuff I have read Cerith and Mexican hermit crabs do a pretty good job of helping to clean it up while you attack the source

[tbittner]

If it's only in your fuge, let it be! It will keep the algae out of your tank AND it will keep nitrates and phosphates out of the water.

I bet your water tests Nitrates = 0, Phosphates = 0. Thats what algae does. In actuality though, you probably have a fairly high nitrate and/or phosphates but the algae feeds off of it so your tests show zero.

Another thing could be your bulb over your fuge. How old is it? And a 400w MH over a fuge seems like WAY too much light. But I'd be afraid to change it to something else because then the algae might migrate to your DT.