Green Hair Algae

[leeds]

Hi fellow SRC members,

I have a RSR170 for close to 6 months now. Survived 1 crash then bought a UV, which helped a lot. I have biopellet, skimmer, UV running only. Relatively high bioload.

I have green hair algae growing since the tank started. I can say that i am past the phase of unstable parameters and now seeing 0 phos, 10 to 25ppm nitrate for probably 2 to 3 months now. kH is pretty low but i only keep GSP, 1 torch and 1 zoa - i know i should be starting dosing in order to better this. I've tried CUC (from snails and foxfaces)

I've tried to brush the GHA off the rocks but it grew back within a few days. Getting the SKIMZ cheato reactor to hopefully counter this!

can fellow reefers share how they successfully conquer the GHA issue? thanks in advance for sharing!

[Thehaddonicarpet]

Urchins urchins urchins!


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[Mahesh]

Urchin did and doing a great job in my tank too..

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[Simon Lim]

Brow tang


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[reeshee]

I had Hair Algae and Bryopsis hammering my tank left right centre..  I purchased a fluconazole treatment and everything died off in a 4-5 days. Water change and cleared all the dead stuff while at it. Tank seems ok so far. As a precaution I add the fluconazole every month once with my water change.

You can google and read more on this if you're keen. The brand I used was: Bryopsis Buster. About $30. Good luck!

[Chromodoris]

Agree with urchins. Blue tuxedo urchin has been known to wipe out green hair algae in reef tanks. As long as no copper or predators.

[Gongon78]

Bring in abalone and tangs.Aslo i running chemipure Elite..

[Franzax]

Urchins bro ; I had a similar problem and urchin just cleared the tank for me completely. I would rather go with the natural way rather than dosing stuff (not that there's anything wrong) but..give urchins a go. A few LFS have them.

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[iswata]

I had Hair Algae and Bryopsis hammering my tank left right centre..  I purchased a fluconazole treatment and everything died off in a 4-5 days. Water change and cleared all the dead stuff while at it. Tank seems ok so far. As a precaution I add the fluconazole every month once with my water change.
You can google and read more on this if you're keen. The brand I used was: Bryopsis Buster. About $30. Good luck!

i use fluconazole and all algae die off. do major WC. still after that need maintain nutrients

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