green hair algea

[Danger731]

i got a spike of this crap, what methods (all) do i need to get rid of it, any critters i need to buy ?

 

[Cosmo^Kramer]

I have a mini outbreak and added some mexican turbos,man they chow it down.I'm also reducing nitrates they were pretty high and I didn't realize it.How's your levels of phosphate and nitrates? The hair is starting to die off now that the nitrates are comming down.HTH

 

[drummereef]

Astreas or turbos are good. I would look at your nitrates and phosphates if you want to completely rid yourself of it. Excess nutrients are most likely to blame.

 

[drummereef]

double post, sorry.

 

[outy]

what are you doing for phosphate management?

how old are your bulbs?

 

[Danger731]

phos ban and a external charcol canister. bulb is 1 month old

 

[jdm0012]

you could also cut back on your light period, I cut mine back to 6hrs a day and mine was gone in about a week. Also do some research on your charcol as I have read that it can contribute to the problem depending on what kind it is.

 

[Danger731]

thanks, i am going to cut the lighting back 1 -2 hours per day till i hit that mark. I never really was ****ed untill i noticed it spreading. I'm going to start 5 gal / day water changes as well.

 

[Cosmo^Kramer]

One more thing to check.Test the water comming out of your RO/DI,my town adds so much damn phosphates I had to add another DI canister to the system.I think people assume just because they have a RO/DI the water is good.I test for phosphates,nitrates,silicates.I have 2 RO/DI's in my house one for the tank and one for drinking water.I added spectrapure DI's to both systems..HTH too

 

[Danger731]

thnks