[ACE]

OK iv seen Green hair algae take over a tank with corals and it looks very very bad!!!
So it is covering up 1 of my pieces of live rock I wont to ketch the problem in the early stages the natural way soooooo what can I put in my tank to take care of the problem I heard Blinnie's will help do they???

[sarha]

where are your phosphates at no1 nutrient for hair alge had hair problems for a long time till i got my phosphate to undetectage levels for several months. blue and grey leged hermit crabs work well crieth snalls. mexican turbos, bumble bees, lawn mower belennies, koles tang. but agian phosphates remover worked the best for me! [alonrg with a little help from my little friends]

[ACE]

I will check to see what my phosphates are and buy a phosphate remover!!!
I thought about getting a lawn mower Blinnie any way so this will just work out.

THANK YOU

Buy the way do you know of any good phosphate removers???

[sarha]

i used phosgard by seachem i also let the hair algae run its corse which may not be sound advice but it worked for me. once the coriline alge took off and a good establishment of a few macro alges the hair alge slowly went by the way side. lately i have notice that i have a little in my refugium but i guess that's what a refugium is for. [ macro algae can be just as big of a pain as hair but a little easier to control]

[ACE]

I'm starting to get the purple and green Coraline algae it looks very cool

[sarha]

i think hair aglea and other micro algeas' are good signs of a maturing tank and it won;t be long before easy sailing ( kind of!)

[Taras1]

I've found a small amount of hair algae is OK. My Powder Brown Tang, Lawn Mower Blenny just chomp away at it. Also, I've seen some copepods in it. I limit the algae to a few spots on the LR and back of tank.