Brightwell Razor Experience

[dlemonz]

I've been battling hair algae for a long time in my 25 gallon. I have tried everything, lowering nutrients, adding a ton of CUC, manually picking and scrubbing the rock in peroxide and can't seem to beat it.

I have read the reviews on brightwell Razor and it seems very mixed... some people say it works great others say it killed a bunch of corals. Has anyone tried it or have any recommendations to beat the hair algae? I am desperate LOL

 

[JTP424]

Have you tried a solid clean up crew before going chemical route?

 

[danlechem]

OP states he's added a ton of cuc

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

You tried everything but have you asked the forum for help? If it is green hair algae, its one of the easier algae's to get rid or naturally.

Remember, corals have algae in their tissue, so anything that kills algae can harm the corals. Personally I have used products like vibrant in the past with success, but I use half the recommended dosage and very conservative use. If you use it aggressively then you have better chance of losing corals.

If you do not solve the underlying issue's that resulted in so much algae, then chemicals will only help temporarily (if they help at all), the algae will eventually come back.

 

[dlemonz]

In the tank (25 gallons) I have 3 turbo snails, 1 tuxedo urchin (it’s old though about 3 years so slowing down) and a bunch of astreas and hermit crabs

My nitrates accidentally bottomed out today but phos was 0.03 so I heavy fed to try to raise them a little

 

[JTP424]

OP states he's added a ton of cuc

Im dumb. Thanks

Maybe some pitho crabs? Still seems like a small cuc for that size tank

 

[JTP424]

Also. Can you post some pics? Maybe it's not gha

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

In the tank (25 gallons) I have 3 turbo snails, 1 tuxedo urchin (it’s old though about 3 years so slowing down) and a bunch of astreas and hermit crabs

My nitrates accidentally bottomed out today but phos was 0.03 so I heavy fed to try to raise them a little

If you have a bad algae problem then nitrate/phosphate test is not accurate, they are consuming the nutrients, so feeding heavy is feeding the algae.

Again I suggest to start a thread here with pictures and tank and filtration details, and you will get lots of help to get rid of it the natural way