Hair Algae... UV Sterilizer

[nelly27281]

I got bad hair algae...
should I get UV Sterilizer to remove...?
I already have Otto but it seems not working on hair algae...
what should I do...?
Thanx in advance...

 

[lipadj46]

You have an imbalance somewhere (nutrients/light/CO2). What is your setup? UV won't help with BBA and the like

 

[nelly27281]

well I got light from 11-12 to 9...
CO2 2 bps...
Nutrafin Plant Grow once a month...

 

[Zfishies]

imo that's alot of light man! But UV works wonders I had hair algae prob in my pond. UV + Apple snails works miracles

 

[JamesF]

How do you figure that's a lot of light when he never said what type or how much light he has?
Adding Nutrafin Plant Gro is going to do nothing for the plants. Especially adding it once a month. Get the flourish line or dry ferts. You should be adding nitrate and phosphate and probably iron at the least. You may need potassium and micro nutrients as well.

 

[lipadj46]

+1 you need to be on a fertilization regiment or reduce your lighting period

 

[WyldFya]

How do you figure that's a lot of light when he never said what type or how much light he has?
Adding Nutrafin Plant Gro is going to do nothing for the plants. Especially adding it once a month. Get the flourish line or dry ferts. You should be adding nitrate and phosphate and probably iron at the least. You may need potassium and micro nutrients as well.

Light + phosphates = BBA. Potassium dosing with excel and co2 will help kill it back.

 

[kendragon]

UV sterilizer will not help long hair algae.

 

[JamesF]

Light + phosphates = BBA. Potassium dosing with excel and co2 will help kill it back.

Only if there is an abundance of phosphates with no plants keeping the nutrients in check.
For all we know he has a 1 watt LED 10' above the tank. That would hardly cause algae growth. Until the OP lets us know what his lighting is you can't actually recommend a definate solution to the problem.