Is thread alage bad or good?

[supersurfer12]

I have hair alage all over my tank and I have a handfull of hermit crabs and sanils and 8 green-blue chromis and suggestions on what i should get tommorow(may 6) at the fish store? Is hair alage bad?

 

[sabbath]

Bad!

Get a fluidized reactor and a bucket of Iron based po4 remover. Start off at half dose, for the first run. Change media in a week if you do not see it dieing off.

 

[hardaur]

How old is your tank? It's not uncommon to have a hair algae bloom in a young tank. While a reactor would be a nice thing to have, if it's a young tank it's probably not a necessary expense. Do regular water changes for a while, measure your nutrients, get some blue legged hermits and/or lawnmower blenny and see how things go for a bit. As the tank ages, providing good maintenance, there's a good chance it'll go away on it's own.

Also, posting your tank params when asking for help is never a bad thing (not that I'm that great about it either)

Of course, somebody with more exp might come in and trump me ; )

H

 

[sabbath]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12477562#post12477562 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hardaur
How old is your tank? It's not uncommon to have a hair algae bloom in a young tank. While a reactor would be a nice thing to have, if it's a young tank it's probably not a necessary expense. Do regular water changes for a while, measure your nutrients, get some blue legged hermits and/or lawnmower blenny and see how things go for a bit. As the tank ages, providing good maintenance, there's a good chance it'll go away on it's own.

Also, posting your tank params when asking for help is never a bad thing (not that I'm that great about it either)

Of course, somebody with more exp might come in and trump me ; )

H

If you have HA then you have PO4. and your test kit will read ZERO. Because the HA is using it up.

Sorry, I missed where you said it was a young tank. I read your sig. Stating 90g 4 yrs. If it is less than 2 months I agree. Probably not HA.

PS. My displays HA is almost gone.

 

[sabbath]

Here is a couple good reads on it as well.

http://www.melevsreef.com/gha.html

http://inbrettshead.blogspot.com/2008/03/tips-on-battling-nuisance-algae-in.html

Also make sure your RO/DI is not over 2 TDS.