I see you dont want to add fish but maybe a beneficial algae fish might help you out more than hinder. I had a HUGE issue with hair algae and beard algae in my 125 so I bought 2 siamese algae eaters and they OBLITERATED it within a week. I recommend them for your algae problem if you can and choose to get them.
Hair algae... Ewww!
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OK, looks like he only wants the new growth, not the older stuff.
I guess I need to get something to eat it, since lowering my photoperiod seems to have no effect (if anything it's just getting thicker) and I really don't want to uproot my entire tank and bleach all the plants. Is there any reasonably sized (<6") SA fish, that won't be eaten by my angels that enjoys this stuff?
I guess I need to get something to eat it, since lowering my photoperiod seems to have no effect (if anything it's just getting thicker) and I really don't want to uproot my entire tank and bleach all the plants. Is there any reasonably sized (<6") SA fish, that won't be eaten by my angels that enjoys this stuff?
usually when you make a change in lighting or anything it can take up to three weeks before you can see any improvement in the algae.
Ah OK, I feel a bit silly now, I'm used to the algae you can kill with a couple days of blackout I guess. I'll keep an eye on it over the next month or so then and see how things progress =)
At least I didn't buy any new fish though lol
I also had a hair algea problem, but it was weird how it disapeared one day. All I did was trimming the filter hose on my Fluval canister, since they were too long therefore increasing the inflow and outflow I also began dosing Flourish Excel. I don't know if it was the Flourish Excel or the increase in flow. The hair algea was gone whithin 12 hours though.
