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smokey
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hair algea - 2005/11/08 10:38 i wanted to know if it at all will bother the sae horses or if people just dont like it i have a rock with it on it and it says there was wondering if it at all would hurt the sea horses or do i haft to get rid of it thx

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johnko418
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Re:hair algea - 2005/11/08 11:24 Smokey...

Hair algae itself won't "hurt" the seahorses... But the bigger concern you should have is that you are starting to get it.. Unless you do something the hair algae has the potential to take over the tank.. Excess nutrients are caused by over feeding , not enough water flow, not enough filtration or the lack of a UV sterilizer or protien skimmer.. Hair algae is considered a micro-algae.. I personally have grape caluerpa in my tank, which is a macro-algae.. These two algae's compete for the nutrients and nitrates, so I really dont have that problem.. Also doing water changes with ro/di will help tremendously.. If you use tap water, it is not as pure and may be the root of the problem..

Good luck and I would get a good test kit to see exactly what your parameters are..

Thanks John

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Leslie
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Re:hair algea - 2005/11/08 15:54 It will not hurt your seahorses.

HTH,

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Re:hair algea - 2005/11/08 18:25 ha sounds familliar with me lol. No hair algea does not hurt the horses but ITS UGLY... Well not at first. When I first got It I had it on one rock just like you. I thought that it was ok to have a little. Infact I kinda wanted some. Then it started to spread, and spread, and spread. By the time I went to clean it out it was too late. Now 6 months later I still faced with a disgusting tank full of brownish green Hair algea. I think its probably in your best intrests as well to get rid of yours. I understand if you want to keep some of it, and thats fine as long as it dosnt spread. I would keep VERY close tabs on it, and if it spreads at all I would suggest getting rid of it. sorry if that dissapoints you.

Here a good way to get it off:

Remove the rock from the tank. Make sure none of the algea falls off the rock, and gets into the water column.

Take a wire bursh, or old tooth brush, and get ALL of it off. Then rins the rock in clean sea water.

hair algea spreads by fragging, and If any of the algea survives, nomatter how small a peice, it will attach to a rock, and grow more algae. If you want to get rid of it once and for all Make sure that this does not happen.

Be sure to get every little peice off of the rock before puting it back in the tank.

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smokey
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Re:hair algea - 2005/11/09 10:22 ty guys very much for the info

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Leslie
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Re:hair algea - 2005/11/09 16:41 Be sure what ever brush you use has not been used with soap or other chemicals. I would purchase a new brush for exclusive use with your fish tanks.

Leslie

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