to get rid of hairalgae

[drd]

use ferris oxide the same stuff that removes phosphates then you dont have the hair algae problems

[KevinYates]

= phosreator with phosX pellets. what your seeing here is you had high phosphates, when you used phosremover, it lowered the phosphates which then lowerd the algea growth.

this is what i think :)

[cherubfish pair]

I know hair algae is ugly, though it can be an important food source for some inverts.

[JustinReef]

Ferric Oxide is what a majority of people do use for phosphate removal. RowaPhos, PuraPhos, PhosBan, ect. ect.

Im confused...what are you getting at???

[Lightsluvr]

I feel like I joined this thread and missed the first two or three posts...

Was there a question about hair algae?

I use additives or chemicals as a last resort, especially in nano tank, where small doses improperly applied can prove fatal to a tank...

In my prior nano, I reduced the light cycle, manually removed algae and increased my water changes, which combined kept HA under control...

The old 72 hour "lights out" trick works wonders to stop HA in its tracks so you can get a jump on a bad case...

LL

[Jabrams]

all if these methods seem to shy away from solving the root problem.

you need a natural method for removing the excess nutrients.

try:
harvesting macro algea
less feeding or removing some fish from your taxed system.
a detrivore kit for your sand bed

turning back the light cycle is like pushing pause for a short time, this analogy also works for using products to remove these excess nutrients

it's been awhile but perhaps you should read some of the material by Ron Shimek

[pjewett]

Even after backing off feeding, rinsing frozen food and using low phosphorus reef flake food I'm getting some hair algae and now green and red bubble. Not a lot yet but I want to tackle it early. Just ordered a BRS GFO reactor and am hoping that will help a lot. Never can get good chaeto growth in the fuge though it's teeming with life otherwise...tons of pods. I get some decent HA in there though.

Also picked up a Lettuce Nudibranch who's been sitting on the only patch of HA I have in the display...right on a zoa frag that's attached to the glass via an aquamag. It's been a week and he's almost finished that big, thick patch.

[cherubfish pair]

pjewett, could you post a pic of the nudi please? I love those things!

[ReeferChick85]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15267559#post15267559 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drd
use ferris oxide the same stuff that removes phosphates then you dont have the hair algae problems

Isn't it the same thing as GFO(granular ferric oxide)?

[Jabrams]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15287570#post15287570 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pjewett
Even after backing off feeding, rinsing frozen food and using low phosphorus reef flake food I'm getting some hair algae and now green and red bubble. Not a lot yet but I want to tackle it early. Just ordered a BRS GFO reactor and am hoping that will help a lot. Never can get good chaeto growth in the fuge though it's teeming with life otherwise...tons of pods. I get some decent HA in there though.

Also picked up a Lettuce Nudibranch who's been sitting on the only patch of HA I have in the display...right on a zoa frag that's attached to the glass via an aquamag. It's been a week and he's almost finished that big, thick patch.

Are you growing any macro algae to compete for the nutrients?