Red Hair Algae

[marinereef]

Hi.......

I have noticed red hair algae growing on my LR.....it is healthy?

Need some advise

Thanks

[marinereef]

Hi.......

I have noticed red hair algae growing on my LR.....it is healthy?

Need some advise

Thanks

Hi.....

Nobody knows abt red hair algae??

[Achilles Tang]

Hair algae, red or green.... will be a nuisance as they tend to break off and smother your corals, gorgonians and seafans as they will cling and grow over them.

They are also unsightly and taste horrible as very few fishes are known to eat them.

[Dazza]

red velvety stuff? cyano?

Just get rid of it ...before it over runs everything. I had that prob b4. I thght it look spretty nice n in just a weeks time everything got covered by it.

[marinereef]

Thanks bro for responding....anyway to clear it?

[marinereef]

It is quite a trouble if I start to clear it becoz I need to move all my coral and rocks

and this will disturb my system

Any best method without manually clear it?

[Dazza]

Just siphon it out lah. My situation last time was worse becos I went on biz trip for a week and then came back and all my live rocks etc all kena covered. Even my sand also hv with bubbles underneath the algae even yuck. I actually took out the rocks one by one to power spray and scrub it off. For those growing on side of my my corals , I used a small hose and suck the stuff out.

In the end, need to get rid of teh cause of prob which is getting water quality back up. Usual stuff- no overfeeding , chk lightings etc etc.

[Dazza]

If yurs is new small occurrence, just siphon out if possible and then try not to overfeed lor.

[Achilles Tang]

Are you talking about cyanobacteria or are you talking about red hair algae??

[kee]

can explain in on how to remove? just clean it?? does algae remove nitrate ?