Advice please on hair algae control

[FishtheShark]

I have been battling hair algae for probably over a couple months now in my 60 gal. I first noticed it popping up following a cyano outbreak where it began growing literally underneath the cyano. There is currently no cyano but the hair algae has nearly covered all rock work and even growing on my GSP.
My CUC consists of about 8 turbos, 6 trochus, a handful of blue and scarlet hermits, a tuxedo urchin, and a tiger conch. I run a skimmer and UV sterilizer. Lights are on for 9 hours and I have a refugium with chaeto. I have been manually removing as much as possible as some areas can’t be reach but the hair algae returns very quickly. I tried 1 dose of reef flux which only seemed to upset my coral. Since then my coral have bounced back and look happy with the exception my GSP ironically. My parameters are as follows:
Na: 1.026
NO3: 2.1 (Hanna)
PO4: 0 (Hanna) usually 0.02-.04
Alk: 8.6 (Hanna)
Ca: 427 (Hanna)
Ph: 8.2-8.3
Temp: 79 - 80
I do dose nitrates and phos as they have always been on the lower side and I’d like to avoid dinos. If I missed any info feel free to ask! Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

[Dom]

Did you use live rock or dry rock?

Dry rock needs to be cycled before it goes in a tank.

 

[W31Olds]

Have you adjusted the spectrum of your Lights? That can help slow it down.

 

[JumboShrimp]

One Sea Hare will do the trick. That's basically all hair algae in his tummy.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Now he has to be fed sinking algae pellets and Nori on a clip. Lol.

 

[FishtheShark]

Did you use live rock or dry rock?

Dry rock needs to be cycled before it goes in a tank.

Tanks nearly a year old. But I used half live and half dry when started. I did have a small algae bloom in the first few months but that was managed with CUC and up until the cyano issue a few months ago I had no other issues.

 

[FishtheShark]

Have you adjusted the spectrum of your Lights? That can help slow it down.

No, I’m currently running T5s: 2x B+, 1x C+, and 1x actinic. I do have a 50/50 LED strip light on its lowest setting for sunrise/sunset. I could turn off the LED for now or switch out a light for something with more white but I try not to make multiple changes at once

 

[FishtheShark]

Now he has to be fed sinking algae pellets and Nori on a clip. Lol.

I did add one to the tank a couple weeks ago but haven’t seen it since. I suppose my melanarus got a hold of it or it’s only coming out at night.

 

[gorgoniansfever]

I buy a Mimic Eibli Tang, it eat all gha in 3 days!

 

[FernBluffReef]

I have been battling hair algae for probably over a couple months now in my 60 gal. I first noticed it popping up following a cyano outbreak where it began growing literally underneath the cyano. There is currently no cyano but the hair algae has nearly covered all rock work and even growing on my GSP.
My CUC consists of about 8 turbos, 6 trochus, a handful of blue and scarlet hermits, a tuxedo urchin, and a tiger conch. I run a skimmer and UV sterilizer. Lights are on for 9 hours and I have a refugium with chaeto. I have been manually removing as much as possible as some areas can’t be reach but the hair algae returns very quickly. I tried 1 dose of reef flux which only seemed to upset my coral. Since then my coral have bounced back and look happy with the exception my GSP ironically. My parameters are as follows:
Na: 1.026
NO3: 2.1 (Hanna)
PO4: 0 (Hanna) usually 0.02-.04
Alk: 8.6 (Hanna)
Ca: 427 (Hanna)
Ph: 8.2-8.3
Temp: 79 - 80
I do dose nitrates and phos as they have always been on the lower side and I’d like to avoid dinos. If I missed any info feel free to ask! Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Following.

Very similar situation for me. My tank is just over 18 months. Been dealing with hair algae for about 3 months.

Started with cynao. Then some hair algae. I got tired of the cynao and I knocked the cyano down with chemiclean but beefing up clean up crew, manual removal didn’t help the hair algae.

I dosed FluxRX about a week ago (100 gallon package in 143 gallon system). It did not bother any of my inverts or corals but so far doesn’t seem to be making much of a difference. I ordered more Flux RX so I have enough for a full strength dose but have seen others recommend 1/2 dose.

Haven’t tried a sea hare as yet, maybe next.

Following hoping to learn more ideas.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Pictures will help to see what we're dealing with. But if you have bad hair algae in a year old tank, then I would review the filtration and bioload and feeding habits. Somehow, more nutrients are imported into the system than are exported.