Hair Algae: The Best Way, The MANY Ways, To Get Rid Of It....

What have you found to be the best things/methods to beat hair algae? (choose all that apply)

  • Hydrogen peroxide

    Votes: 131 16.6%
  • Lawn Mower Blenny (or other fish)

    Votes: 169 21.5%
  • Manual Removal

    Votes: 363 46.1%
  • Rock Scrubbing

    Votes: 164 20.8%
  • Lowered Phosphates

    Votes: 175 22.2%
  • Tank Blackouts

    Votes: 46 5.8%
  • Urchins

    Votes: 152 19.3%
  • Fluconazole

    Votes: 90 11.4%
  • Granular Ferric Oxide (GFO)

    Votes: 75 9.5%
  • UV Sterilizer

    Votes: 72 9.1%
  • Refugium

    Votes: 179 22.7%
  • Algae Scrubber

    Votes: 63 8.0%
  • Clean Up Crew

    Votes: 326 41.4%
  • Lighting Change

    Votes: 61 7.8%
  • Sea Hare

    Votes: 59 7.5%
  • Vibrant

    Votes: 120 15.2%
  • Other (please explain in thread)

    Votes: 53 6.7%

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Freenow54

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Do you remember many hours they recommend for the lights to be on?
I do not recall. I just set mine up to mimic a normal day. I am in process of discussing a particular light Aquanest M8. We are talking about that very thing now. The Aquanest has a suggested pre set light pattern for LPS, and SPS corals. It would be interesting to see. Here are my set schedule on this light
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I do not see where my reply is so I will maybe repeat myself. I am discussing this very thing about the Aqauanest M8. I just set it up as a normal day. I have no idea if this is correct. Hopefully I will get a response. Every tank also has different approach, as I am learning as well. However my other tank is proving to be a very good learning curve. My lighting there seems to be correct. These are my settings at the moment if you go to the thread you will see there's
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. Very much higher then mine.
 

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My Foxface rabbit fish loves hair Algae. when I have some in my small HOB sump, I put the algae in my tank, and my foxface eats it in no time.
 

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Large 1.5 - 2” trochus snails MOW down even thick hair algae. Just three of them keep my 170gal completely clean.

I will never add trochus snails to my tanks as I once had an invasion when they started multiplying and I had to remove over 1,200 using a long tweezer. It took me several days to rid my tank of them.
 

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I will never add trochus snails to my tanks as I once had an invasion when they started multiplying and I had to remove over 1,200 using a long tweezer. It took me several days to rid my tank of them.
Any snail can reproduce lol. I have a harlequin Tuskfish that takes care of small snails hence my need for larger ones. I didn’t realise just how much more effective and less fussy larger snails are until I got mine. Unfortunately they do require more glue for corals though.
 

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I will never add trochus snails to my tanks as I once had an invasion when they started multiplying and I had to remove over 1,200 using a long tweezer. It took me several days to rid my tank of them.
At the price of snails that does not sound like a bad deal. Even if you sell them at half what the LFS wants for them
 

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San Diego Zoo Lol GIF by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
 

A worm with high fashion and practical utility: Have you ever kept feather dusters in your reef aquarium?

  • I currently have feather dusters in my tank.

    Votes: 66 37.5%
  • Not currently, but I have had feather dusters in my tank in the past.

    Votes: 59 33.5%
  • I have not had feather dusters, but I hope to in the future.

    Votes: 25 14.2%
  • I have no plans to have feather dusters in my tank.

    Votes: 26 14.8%
  • Other.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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