HAIR ALGAE

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you can grow it yourself in a freshwater tank. Just leave a tank out in the sun for a few weeks, and poof, you will have hair algae.

Fish, any type of fish, will ravenously devour it within minutes, though.
 
Once you get hair algae it is really hard to get rid of. It generally is a sign of improper water parameters. I do have a few cures for hair algae when you decide it stinks.Hair algae tends to like high phosphates/iron/nitrates (along with high light).
 
piranha45 said:
a sponge works wonders on it...
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Not on plants, substrate and dam near anything it clings too. Once you get it its VERY hard to get rid of. I've had it in one of my three planted tanks and it is nasty and not anything you can remove with a sponge. Using a sponge to remove it is putting a band-aid on a much larger problem. The root of the problem(water parameters as listed above) must be corrected.
 
i want a tank coated in hair algea, not the glass just botton and decor
 
BTW, hair algae CANNOT be removed with a sponge. I'm not sure what your referring too, but it isn't hair algae.
 
nooooooooo...

Kyle and I visit a LFS that has it in lots of their tanks.


It's nice, we like it.

We want some.

I heard if I just got some of theres' it would spread in my tank.

I think it looks awesome.
 
iheartfishies said:
nooooooooo...

Kyle and I visit a LFS that has it in lots of their tanks.


It's nice, we like it.

We want some.

I heard if I just got some of theres' it would spread in my tank.

I think it looks awesome.
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It does look cool for a while, but you cant just remove it when your tired of it. Think it over before you put you tank and fish in harms way to achieve hair algae. If you do try to elevate your phosphates/iron/nitrates, do it with feeders and not fishyou want to die.
 
i have full spectrum lights on my tanks and have them near windows to recieve natural sunlight. it grows naturally and helps keep down nitrates and such. if you have nutrients and light algae will grow. all my cichlids graze on it and i believe it is very good for them to graze as they would in nature. we feed a majority of protien, they need a little roughage. and daddyo it isnt a sign of bad water quality, its just that it goes rampant in what we consider bad water parameters. and you dont want any algae in a planted tank. in fish only tanks it is great. let there be light and the hair algae will grow. as long as you prune it back, it makes the tank look more natural and the fish benefit as well
 
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