I have a bunch of red grape macroalgae in my display tank that is covered in hair algae! I don't know how to clean it.
My macro lost all its little grapes when I first got it, but has been slowly regrowing them. The issue is that yanking the hair algae off knocks off the small growing grapes! I spend 2 hours every weekend delicately pulling off the hair algae, but in 2 days, it grows back in full force! Any ideas on how I can clean these?
I can pull the algae out of the tank and dip them, but I don't know what to dip them in. I tried a freshwater dip but it didn't do much. I am considering a peroxide dip but I don't want to hurt the macro.
Full tank photo and zoom in on the macro (completely covered and weighed down) in the background:
My macro lost all its little grapes when I first got it, but has been slowly regrowing them. The issue is that yanking the hair algae off knocks off the small growing grapes! I spend 2 hours every weekend delicately pulling off the hair algae, but in 2 days, it grows back in full force! Any ideas on how I can clean these?
I can pull the algae out of the tank and dip them, but I don't know what to dip them in. I tried a freshwater dip but it didn't do much. I am considering a peroxide dip but I don't want to hurt the macro.
Full tank photo and zoom in on the macro (completely covered and weighed down) in the background: