Green Hair Algae

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Fish-R-Friends
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Green Hair Algae

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what is the best way to get rid of green hair algae. My cleaning crew cant seem to keep up.
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phos sponge....water changes. remove as much by hand as you can...clean up crew...fuge....have to get rid of what it is feeding off of....good luck...takes time but can be done....
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Lower nutrient load and increase PH. Higher PH retards algae growth. Guess I've just been lucky, but I have yet to have any hair algae after a couple of years.
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Re: Green Hair Algae

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Fish-R-Friends wrote:what is the best way to get rid of green hair algae. My cleaning crew cant seem to keep up.
refuge, refuge, refuge.
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Do water changes more frequently for a while.
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raising the pH (~8.3-8.45) is a good idea. Also, make sure calcium and alk are at higher levels. the ph being higher ensures that CO2 cant be dissolved in solution for long, thus starving algae (to an extent)
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Refuge is the way to go.

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