hair algae

Any advice as I feel like I’m fighting a loosing battle…. As you can see from the pictures I have a pretty bad GHA problem. It has been like this for a few months now (maybe longer) I’m picking out clumps weekly but it just keeps growing back, most of it is to small to grab with my fingers and...

I have a 13.5 fluvial tank that’s been running for 5 months-ish and I’ve always had hair algae issues with this tank. I keep the water a bit dirty on purpose since it’s my LPS and softies tank. What’s the best invertebrates or fish to get rid of the hair algae? I’ve tried getting rid of it by...

I've been struggling with dino an hair algae for about a year. Sometimes it looks like it's getting better then it just blows up. I've used both vibrant and dosing peroxide on my old 40 gallon... the problem I'm having is on my 150 gallon acrylic aquarium. Would peroxide be a good option? I've...

Hello, I have had this tank set up since October 2023 and it’s always been very “green”. Here are some pics of how it looked along the way; very nasty! As much as I tried to clean it the algae always grew back overnight! The hair algae on the top is getting shorter but there is now very short...

I’ve only had these Zoas for about two weeks I’d say and I noticed two days ago that there is a hair-like thing growing out of two of them. We bought 3 frags and only 2 are affected. The two affected are right by each other (view video) and the other frag is on the opposite side of the tank. I...

I’m thinking this is just green hair algae and some diatoms, but just figured I’d check with some people who are more experienced. I also have hydroids which appeared two days ago. Any concern with them? I was told they would go away on their own?

Its neon green...

What type of algae is this? I need to fix it.

Been battling this hair algae for a couple months now, not sure which kind of algae it is. Bought a bunch of snails and hermits they won’t touch it, got a tomini tang, it won’t touch it. I was getting ready to get a couple emerald crabs but I don’t want to keep adding livestock if they’re not...

I have been dealing with this brown hair algae for the longest time. I've even restarted my whole tank and its back! I currently have a small court jester goby, tuxedo urchin, skunk cleaner shrimp and about ten turbo snails and it seems there is no progress. I do weekly 15% water changes and...

Just recently in past 2-3 months been having bad hair algae in my substrate and some on rocks , Weekly water changes , did turn lights off for 3-4 days and didn't grow much but now back on with lights 6 hours every day and its back to growing Any advice 25 gallon lagoon

Hi all! I have an issue with my reef tank. It's a 20-gal mixed reef with anemones. So in mid-July, all of a sudden, my anemones started splitting and moving around the tank. It's not the first time my anemones split but it was the first time they moved so much. In a few days, 3 of them died. I...

Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone could help me with identifying what kind of algae this is? I was wondering if it’s hair or turf algae maybe something else? My tank I still new only two months old now

Looking to add a rock flower anemone and a maxi mini carpet, but have been dealing with a brown hair algae outbreak for about a month. It seems to be slowing down and looks to be thinning out on the rocks. Just wondering if the Algae would stress/ cause harm to the anemone's if added. Thanks

Looking to add a rock flower anemone and a maxi mini carpet, but have been dealing with a brown hair algae outbreak for about a month. It seems to be slowing down and looks to be thinning out on the rocks. Just wondering if the Algae would stress/ cause harm to the anemone's if added. Thanks

My substrate was filled with GHA, so i took the superficial part out and washed it with hydrogen peroxide I know that kills good bacteria too, but nothing else was working Anyways, when i put it back into the tank, a bit of the algae that stayed got buried Is that a problem? Will it die and...

I have a green hair algae problem meaning i have to constantly brush them off. Before my clownfish was fine with it. today he decided to attack whatever i tried cleaning the algae with. how am i supposed to do the maintenance if he doesn’t let me?? does anyone have any tips????

My tank is getting infested with bubble algae!! Seen a few on the pumps and I regret not cleaning it immediately! Now it’s taking over my rocks. I tried scrapping it off but it’s more difficult then I thought it would be. I dose 2x of reflux and did absolutely nothing to the bubble algae...

Tank: 10 gallon AIO TL;DR neglected tank, what’s the best way to clean up so my pump quit working while I was out of town, took a while to notice, order new pump, install, etc. in the mean time, I’ve developed some hair algae, algae growth on the glass, and all kinds of algae along the glass of...

So rn im having a huge problem with hair algae and Dino it is everywhere. I ran hydrogen peroxide for a today and now was told just to take it all out and buy pods so i bought pods and now we’re waiting. Had to take out peroxide bc it was hurting my corals. Does anyone have any other ways in the...

QUESTION: best way to get the HA in the sand bed? My siphon doesn’t seem to pick it up since it’s stuck itself to clumps of sand How it started: So back in December, I left my RODI unit outside and it froze and broke a canister. Took me over a month to fix that so I had not been doing water...

I’ve had trouble keeping some snails alive for very long. Cerith and Nassarius seem to survive long term, however Astrea, Trochus, and Turbos seem to not do well. There is PLENTY of algae to eat. I suspect ingesting Dino toxins may be the cause, but I’d value a second opinion before I buy a...

I have been battling hair algae for a couple months now. Basically, target vacuuming up from the rock work, but it is getting out of hand due to high phosphate levels. so, I started running GFO in a reactor, but now I have cloudy water. Is this normal?Does this eventually run clear?

So our frag tank is just filled with detritus, algae, hydroids etc. We failed to dip the original frags which was the downfall, new ones will be dipped in reef primer and lugols, but how can we clear the tank of all of this? It looks disgusting struggling with phosphates, calcium and alk...