GREEN HAIR! I got a nice patch of green hair algae (GHA) with the purchase of some bolbitis (listed as huedelotti, but it's heteroclita) I bought from an un-named source. Anyway, I had a crazy storm cloud of GHA that I manually removed after I saw my red cherry shrimp couldn't come close to controlling it. It seemed like it was pretty much gone and one day... B(L)OOM! It was a big hairy mess again!
I don't want to spread it to my other tanks, and there are plants in there that need to be moved out. Any suggestions for ridding myself of this hairy mess? I just can't stomach a total system breakdown.
I do have 3 SAE that are munching on it, but it's quite a lot for even them. I've switched to a 5-4-5 on-off-on lighting schedule since I had to set the timer clocks back for DST anyway. Maybe I should give it some time? Should I manually remove it again? Should I just name it a valid troll name and embrace it?
Water parameters are pretty much perfect surprisingly. My plants are loving the schedule!
I don't want to spread it to my other tanks, and there are plants in there that need to be moved out. Any suggestions for ridding myself of this hairy mess? I just can't stomach a total system breakdown.
I do have 3 SAE that are munching on it, but it's quite a lot for even them. I've switched to a 5-4-5 on-off-on lighting schedule since I had to set the timer clocks back for DST anyway. Maybe I should give it some time? Should I manually remove it again? Should I just name it a valid troll name and embrace it?
Water parameters are pretty much perfect surprisingly. My plants are loving the schedule!