Hair algae management?

[charliedarling]

How do you all keep such clean macro tanks?! Mine is being overtaken by green hair algae…?

 

[Jekyl]

Maturity would be my guess. Your dry rock is going through the same phase as everyone else's would. Hair algae sticks around for a month or few and then is usually never seen again.

 

[charliedarling]

Maturity would be my guess. Your dry rock is going through the same phase as everyone else's would. Hair algae sticks around for a month or few and then is usually never seen again.

I sure hope so, it’s super ugly!!

 

[Lavey29]

Get your hands wet daily.

 

[charliedarling]

Get your hands wet daily.

Always do lol

 

[mnsean]

How do you all keep such clean macro tanks?! Mine is being overtaken by green hair algae…?

I have 63gal and this worked for me…
1. Vibrant
2. Cuc esp urchin
3. Clean glass and back wall everyday until you notice it’s not growing as much there anymore, slowly clean less often.
4. Polyfilter, change it new ones every week.
5. Tang

I have gha but it’s well controlled. As soon as I notice decent “hair grown” on any rocks, all my cuc is on it, and usually urchin and tang gets any longer ones within a day or two. I think key is keeping cuc happy not dying but hungry enough.