Green hair agae

[micyong]

My Tank is about 2 weeks cycle ,it seem to appear some green hair agae.

What should I do ?

[aha8]

IMHO,

Should be ending cycle with high nitrate, but please check with test kit(s). Maybe something rotting inside, sniff over the tank. Try off light totally, and do partial water change with filtered water (distilled, deionised, etc thats free from nitrate and ammonia).

[typrobin]

its quite common to have an algae bloom during cycling..remember to do a 50% water change before u add any LS...

[micyong]

thanks !

[Achilles Tang]

If you have green hair algae (GHA) and its isolated on one piece of rock, try to remove the rock and kill the hair algae by brushing it off the rock and rinsing it off in a saltwater bucket (try to get any strands back in your tank). Worse case, you should dispose off the rock or bleach it in the sun and you can reuse it again to be recolonised by bacteria/microlife in your sump.

If you are still cycling... you can switch off your lights to prevent it from coming back.

Try to use good phosphate-absorbers like Contraphos Konzentrat or Rowaphos to bring down phosphate as its a fuel that GHA can use.

[RockLobster]

If you have green hair algae (GHA) and its isolated on one piece of rock, try to remove the rock and kill the hair algae by brushing it off the rock and rinsing it off in a saltwater bucket (try to get any strands back in your tank). Worse case, you should dispose off the rock or bleach it in the sun and you can reuse it again to be recolonised by bacteria/microlife in your sump.

If you are still cycling... you can switch off your lights to prevent it from coming back.

Try to use good phosphate-absorbers like Contraphos Konzentrat or Rowaphos to bring down phosphate as its a fuel that GHA can use.

Hi, are GHA that bad?

I mean is it okie to leave it alone in the tank? What will happen if we do that?

[pisces]

Leave it alone and it'll colonise all over your tank and you might end up with an GHA tank instead of reef tank.

[Achilles Tang]

Believe me,

GHA is 2nd on my list of most hated reef problems.

[micyong]

It is better today .maybe my snail is at work !!

[Marineman]

Believe me,

GHA is 2nd on my list of most hated reef problems.

I guess your number 1 is FLATWORMS?

Alternatively you can scrub off the hair algae from the rock, instead of bleaching it, place it in the sump where there is no/minimum light for a couple of weeks, they will be gone.

[ZeRoC00l]

My Tank is about 2 weeks cycle ,it seem to appear some green hair agae.

What should I do ?

During cycling is ok, just reduce yr lighting levels

Here's 2 webby tt's worth a read (IMO)

GHA

Reducing Nitrates

[untouchables]

talking about gha, i juz got a boom of it the last 2 days... right after my tank crashed. guess the darn nitrate is still high in my tank although my surviving fish and corals seems to be recovering.

[moxa]

alage blenny works well for me

must get a skinny one so it became "fat fat" later.

mine is having a big tummy as it eats everything i puts into the tank though green hair alage problem gone for many months.

cheers

Moxa

[hobbes]

I notice on my tank, the glass - There is LTITLE LTITLE plants on it. alittle greenish. and kinda like lots of them.

And 2nd, I notice brown aglae - some on the sandbed, some on the glass too!! arrwWEEWW!!

What m i to do? r these healthy? must i add any addictives?

[ZeRoC00l]

I notice on my tank, the glass - There is LTITLE LTITLE plants on it. alittle greenish. and kinda like lots of them.

And 2nd, I notice brown aglae - some on the sandbed, some on the glass too!! arrwWEEWW!!

What m i to do? r these healthy? must i add any addictives?

GHA: get some cleaners

brown algae = diatoms

Do u use RO/DI water? cos tapwater got silicate/ silica

I have a little brown algae growth everytime i topup / change water. But they'll go away after a few days becos of snails and no more silicate/silica for them.

[veliferium]

hi,so fast have hair algae already. i dunno why hair algae, don't appear in my tank.How long does it take for them to develop?