Lets kill some Hair Algae

Jag1980 · Mar 17, 2009

Here' what I got going on in my shrimp and snail breeding tank.

What should I do?
I was thinking of the H202 approach, but I need to know how much and how often and what is too much. Also If I need to do a water change and if so, how soon after water change or how long to wait to do a second or third dosing?

Here's what it looks like now.
I will update after each dosing to show what this treatment does.

pinkertd · Mar 17, 2009

opcorn:

jmhart · Mar 17, 2009

Reduced feeding and reducing lighting, along with water changes, took care of it for me. It was mostly reducing my photoperiod.

Photoperiod?

Jag1980 · Mar 17, 2009

About 9 hours, but it gets morning daylight (not direct sunlight)

I give up on moss. Once I get rid of the hair algae I will be selling most of it.
I got about 3 species of moss in the tank.

jmhart · Mar 17, 2009

That's probably it. Lighting intensity usually brings on GSA and GDA in my tanks, but too long of a photoperiod brings out the hair/thread/fuzz. I'd trim it down an hour or two.

Jag1980 · Mar 17, 2009

Sun rise is around 7am and the light comes in from the sliding glass door 4 feet from the tank.
I turn the light on the tank at about 3pm and off at around midnight.

Not a very good spot for the tank but it's the only place I have room for it right now. Sounds Like I might have to adjust my light with the sunrise and have my light come on at 8am and go off at 5pm?

I really like how the tank looks when it's dark in the house and the tank light is on, but where the tank is located this might not be possible?

jmhart · Mar 17, 2009

All my tanks get indirect sunlight, probably exactly like yours. In all 3 of my tanks, the lights come on around 1-2 in the afternoon and are on until 9-10. I think if you cut the photoperiod down to 7-8 hours, you can still have it on the schedule where it's on at night.

Jag1980 · Mar 17, 2009

Alright thanks, I will try that. I got a cheap timer I could probably use for the lights.
I some how need to get rid of what is there now :evil_lol:

jmhart · Mar 17, 2009

Well, you know this, but SAEs will munch it up if you have one in your 29g you could throw in there for a couple days. Platies/Mollies/Flagfish will also eat it.

I get nervous about the excel/bleach/H2O2 thing when it comes to mosses.

Jag1980 · Mar 17, 2009

I got baby shrimp in the tank that the SAE will eat, and the fish loves the taste of moss..
There was some flame moss in my 29 gallon, but it ate almost all the leaves of all the moss I had in the tank...
I tried buying a Amono shrimp to see what it would do, but after a couple days I see that it is a Rainbow shrimp..

I really don't like adding chemicals in the tank, but I don't think I have too many other options in the case

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