Hair Algae

Trogdor

New Member
Hey guys...long time no lurk

It's been awhile since I have been here and I'm in need of some help. My tank is 1.3 years old. For the past couple of months I have had a huge hair algae outbreak. It started with a couple of small pieces that never really grew for the past year then all of a sudden it was popping up out of every crack and crevice.

This tank is a 29 gallon tank, with a 4-5" sand bed. I am running a Fluval 305 filter with 3 trays of carbon, 1 tray of phosguard, 1 tray of ceramic rings and 1 tray of super fine filter floss. I am getting new lights tomorrow (I changed out my first set of lights about 4-5 months ago with some that only had 6mo life on them)

My ammonia, nitrate, nitrites and phosphates all read 0. I purchased a lawnmower blenny but he won't touch the hair algae. Since it is growing in very hard to reach places, I would like to find something that will actually eat it. Any ideas on what I can do?
 

KidNano

New Member
I hate that stuff. I had some growing on a rock that I would take out and scrub once a week. I finally got so sick of it I just took the rock out and put it in my garden. That was my solution though. I hope you find a good one that works for you.

Good luck.
 
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