I've had a pretty bad hair algae problem for a few months now. I'm tired of it and being diligent about it's removal. Here are my water parameters:
my ph is really high at about 8.5
KH & GH are at 40mg/L
no co2, no dosing ferts
nitrate is at 5mg/L
phosphates are at 1mg/L
no tracealble ammonia
This is off the top of my head from testing last night. A week ago I took all the plants out of my tank and gave them a good scrub to get the bulk of the hair off. I've been doing 10g (25%) water changes of aged water every 3 days. I cut light from 96w to 55w which is quite low light for a 24" deep tank. It contains mostly various species of anubias and just recently some floating water sprite. As a result I'm starting to see the hair algae turn brown in most places. I believe the algae is coming from the high level of phosphates. Anyone care to give me some advice to get this tank back in shape?
Thanks,
Johnny
my ph is really high at about 8.5
KH & GH are at 40mg/L
no co2, no dosing ferts
nitrate is at 5mg/L
phosphates are at 1mg/L
no tracealble ammonia
This is off the top of my head from testing last night. A week ago I took all the plants out of my tank and gave them a good scrub to get the bulk of the hair off. I've been doing 10g (25%) water changes of aged water every 3 days. I cut light from 96w to 55w which is quite low light for a 24" deep tank. It contains mostly various species of anubias and just recently some floating water sprite. As a result I'm starting to see the hair algae turn brown in most places. I believe the algae is coming from the high level of phosphates. Anyone care to give me some advice to get this tank back in shape?
Thanks,
Johnny
