refugium one big hair algae ball

BrentH

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i have massive hair algae in my refugium
i was wondering does it help with nitrates and phosphates like reagular macro algae does
should i pull it out?
Thanks
Brent
 
It will, to some extent, but I'd pull it out in favor of cheatomorpha, exporting its collection of nutrients on the spot. Sounds like you have some heavy phosphates floating around.
 
It will only remove nutrients if you remove the algae. Chaeto and other macros are much easier to remove, so people generally favor them. I had a massive hair algae bloom in the refugium of a new tank and I completely wiped it out by adding a couple of turbo snails. I moved the snails to the display and now only Chaeto grows in the refugium. It's pretty normal if this is a new tank, or you recently started feeding a lot more.
 
yes the tank is fairly new i upgraded 3 months ago i will order some cheato and start pulling out the hair algae
also get a couple turbo snails
thanks
 
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