what can i do to get rid of green hair algae in a reef aquarium?

Question

i have tried everything that every one has said and i still have a little bit of green hair algae cut the light to 8 hours use phosphate removers use ro/di water nothing seems to git rid of it completley

also am looking to sell if anyone is interested

Answer 1

Hair algae can be tough to remove/control in marine aquariums.
Prevention is the best tool to control this.

Here are some tools to prevent this:
*Healthy cured live rock will remove nutrients needed by the algae.

* Effective water changes; vacuuming the bottom to remove debris that will eventually lead to your bio load. A simple gravel Vacuum or better for large tanks is the Aquarium Cleaning Machine.

*Water parameters; ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates under 20, phosphates 0, alkalinity over 300 ppm, Redox - 300 mV

* Lighting, keep your lighting to 10-12 hours

*Turbo Snails

*Addition of live marine plants to compete with these algae (such as Caulerpa)

If all else fails, gently use a sterile tooth brush or similar to clean the rocks, and then vacuum.

For more basic marine information (and links), please read this article:
http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Basic_Saltwater.html

Answer 2

You can buy hermits and snails...but the best way to go about it is to get rid of the source of the algae..not buy more critters to eat it.

Check your phosphate levels...algae will grow out of control in a phosphate rich environment. If you want to get rid of it...you can use products like "phosguard" or "phosban" and that will help keep it down to acceptable levels where the algae won't take over the tank. But they are most likely coming from your water source so you will have to constantly use this phosphate remover....or change your water source.

A RO/DI unit will turn out to be a lot cheaper in a few years than spending $10-20 a month or so on phosphate removers.

Answer 3

what cleaning crew do you have?
cut down a little on how much light the tank gets, especially daylight if it's in view of a window, how much light you can cut down on depends on what else is living in your tank.

cleaning crew members such as dwarf hermit crabs, cerith snails and nerite snails will all eat hair algae.

Answer 4

1.Every week remove some water.

2.Add some drops of algae medicine

3.keep the water temperature warm so that the diseases will not breed in the water.

Answer 5

how many times do u clean the tank???
do that once a week and if doesnt help, buy a new one.
...incase u already clean it once a week do it once in 3 days...

Answer 6

You gotta clean the tank.