572379 Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Hi all-I've been searching for for some answers on a hair algae question. I have a small outbreak of red hair algea (cotton candy like) in one corner of my tank where my gramma has dug a hole to sleep. I would like to get rid of it, but so far no luck. It looks like its starting to grow on one of my zoos, and I'd like to stop it quick. I've got a stock nano cube-24 watt 50/50, use distilled water (no copper), do a 1.5 gal water change every week. I've read phosphates could be a culprit, but I'm not sure where they could be coming from. Anyone have any ideas how to get rid of it? especially off the zoo Link to comment
Heather_H Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I know a lot of people dont like to use the chemical approach but I use SeaChem Phosgaurd and it seems to work well!! Link to comment
572379 Posted November 16, 2004 Author Share Posted November 16, 2004 Do you know if it will take care of it on zoos? Link to comment
Heather_H Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I dont have any hair algae at all anymore... so im assuming it would work on everything? I use that and purigen in my filter all the time Originally posted by 572379 Do you know if it will take care of it on zoos? Link to comment
nalbar Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 you dont mention if you have a clean up crew; hermit crabs, snails and/or an emerald crab. these are your main line against algae. nalbar Link to comment
572379 Posted November 16, 2004 Author Share Posted November 16, 2004 I've got 2 turbo snails and 4 blue hermits. I just lost my red hermit-he got stuck under a rock. I was reading that narcissius and bumblebee snails might help. My main worry now is that it is on one of my zoos, and I want to stop it before it gets killed Link to comment
DLeAnnM Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 My nerite snails cleaned up my tank of cyano. Link to comment
572379 Posted November 17, 2004 Author Share Posted November 17, 2004 Never heard of it-I'll have to cjeck it out-thanks. Anyone else have any ideas? Especially with the zoo Link to comment
572379 Posted November 18, 2004 Author Share Posted November 18, 2004 Well, I talked to a couple lfs guys and they claim it might be slime algae instead of hair algae. My concern is its spreading now. They say to try something called chemipure, which I've never heard of. I'd like to try to keep things natural but wanted opinions on it. I'm planning on getting some more snails, and I just got a sand sifting starfish in hopes to keep things aerated. Link to comment
huari Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 boyd's chemipure worked on my black hair algae a form of cyanobacteria. throw in a spoonful then do a water change the next day as instructed. Chemipure made it disappear but it came back in a week. The solution is not the cure however and it is best to increase your flow, siphon up as much as you can, run a phosphate remover and increase wcs. Link to comment
crizq0 Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 I think you meant chemi-clean. Might want to see what is causing the cyano first before trying chemi clean. So that it won't come back again and again and again. Link to comment
572379 Posted November 18, 2004 Author Share Posted November 18, 2004 Thats what I'm trying to figure out, I do a pretty big water change every week. I just got a sand sifting starfish thinking it might help, but now I'm finding out it might do more harm than good. Link to comment
huari Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 crizq0 is right, it is Chemi-clean, comes in a small bottle with its own scooper. works like a charm but as crizq0 say, find the cause first- overfeeding from high nutrients, dead critters, inadequate flow with dead spots, etc Link to comment
572379 Posted November 21, 2004 Author Share Posted November 21, 2004 At this point all I can figure out is low flow-I might throw a small powerhead in there to try it out. The zoo is really started to get ####ed though-its not opening fully and a couple tubes have fallen off Link to comment
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