I've had an outbrake of brush hair algae in my planted 125 gallon tank thats really started to go nuts over the last 2-3 weeks. The internet is less than encouraging about the prospects of getting rid of it so I'm looking for advice.
That tank is 9 months old, heavily planted, CO2 injected, pH controlled at 6.6 (calculated 30 ppm CO2 or so), temp 80.5, ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites all 0, 30% water change every 10-14 days, 3 Eheim 2217 filters, modified PPS Pro liquid fertilizer routine. Same ferts for 6 months.
Here's some shots...
Note the brush hair algae on the edge of this red ozelot leaf...
The only thing that is different recently is I added a surface skimmer to get rid of a greenish oily haze that would develop over the course of a week or so. The surface of the water is now crystal clear. Could I have upset the lighting balance with this. CO2 shouldn't be different as I'm pH controlling. Admittedly, the skimmer could be off gassing CO2, but the controller would just run the CO2 system more. No change in pH since installing skimmer.
Any thoughts or successful techniques would be appreciated.
That tank is 9 months old, heavily planted, CO2 injected, pH controlled at 6.6 (calculated 30 ppm CO2 or so), temp 80.5, ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites all 0, 30% water change every 10-14 days, 3 Eheim 2217 filters, modified PPS Pro liquid fertilizer routine. Same ferts for 6 months.
Here's some shots...
Note the brush hair algae on the edge of this red ozelot leaf...
The only thing that is different recently is I added a surface skimmer to get rid of a greenish oily haze that would develop over the course of a week or so. The surface of the water is now crystal clear. Could I have upset the lighting balance with this. CO2 shouldn't be different as I'm pH controlling. Admittedly, the skimmer could be off gassing CO2, but the controller would just run the CO2 system more. No change in pH since installing skimmer.
Any thoughts or successful techniques would be appreciated.