Help with Hair Algae!!!

[flytrap]

I am starting to get some Hair algae. Help Please.

Thanks

Steve

 

[ficklefins]

Steve,

What type of water are you using? Tap/Well/RO/RO-DI?
Also what is your phosphate reading?

 

[flytrap]

RO-DI
Not sure

 

[Chris2222000]

What kind of lighting system and how old are the bulbs?

 

[flytrap]

PC
3 months

 

[flytrap]

What eats hair algae?

 

[Chris2222000]

I stand by using mexican turbo snails. Lettuce nudi's I think are supposed to eat it, as well as certain hermits.
What I would really like to try would be saltwater mollies, I've heard many positive results from people using them.
Last but not least water changes always seem to work on tanks not overstocked.
HTH
Chris

 

[pookstreet]

If your tank is big enough, a yellow tang will work wonders. Not to mention they are one of the most beautiful fish out there IMO. Common but beautiful. I agree with the Mexican turbos, the only problem with those is that if you have a lot of little frags lying around, they'll knock them over frequently.

 

[JGoslee]

Have you checked the TDS on your ro/di water? Mexican turbos are the ******* for hair algae.

 

[fishes2889]

I have always used a combo of emerald crabs, mexican and reuglar turbo snails, and added more blue legged hermits to help out...:)

Steve