hair algea

[leesanhua]

so many hair algea in my tank.
what cause this happen?
how do i get rid of it?

 

[Ohgee]

I learned about 3 months ago that my main problem was the water I was using. As soon as I got an RO unit the die off began. I still have some so I am now looking into a DI addon unit.

Another thing that is helping me is the Macro algea Charlie gave me to add to My sump.

Hope that helps a little.

Oh one more thing, watch how much you feed that may also add to your problem if your overfeeding

 

[plack]

Many things can cause this Elevated phosphate levels from your water, or from excessive feeding, Poor Water flow, Long light/photo period , attached to some new specimen ,a dead decaying item, a new tank cycling, elevated nitrates or other tank water parameters being way off, maybe even old light bulbs or and old sand bed , Do you own any snails ? So let us know the condition of your tank in detail so someone can help you let us know the age and size of the tank if you run a skimmer if you have or are running carbon when you last cleaned any mechanical filtration When was the last time you did a water change do you have a sand bed how old do you have live rock how much and how many fish (bio-load) do you use any kind of water filtration and can you test for these: ph,salinity,alkalinity,phosphates,nitrates,ammonia Have you tried to rub off and immediately siphon as much as possible while doing a water change or siphoned the sand bed Do you drip calk? (Some people get it with everything seemingly o.k. and tried an animal to eat it like a sea hair but that can die once it runs out of food) anyway more info.might help