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okay so i have a planted tank(duh>.< and the hair algae is getting bad yah i know nutrient thing and lack of water changes!!!! what will eat it? siamese algae eater?

At the moment your concern should be how to stop it and correct your water/tank problem then it should go away.

If you get some thing to eat it the problem will never go away and in fact could easily get far worse.

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but do they eat it?

a florida flag fish might eat it.. or a SAE... try dosing flourish excel or PM fishpatty and aske her how she got rid of her algae prblems..

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My 6 flag fish could not make a dent in my hair algae. They are very little fish. Your algae may be caused from different water conditions than mine....I really don't know. All I know is that I have high nitrates in my well water & I'm assuming high phosphorus as well. I read that these things will contribute to hair algae. I also read that someone tried Flourish excell & it cured their algae, so I tried it & it cured mine.

You should try to correct your water conditions, as I am trying to do & meantime if you want to try Flourish excell I don't see any harm in it.....but then I'm not knowledgeable in plant & algae care, so I really have no right to recommend it. All I can really say with any certainty is that it worked for me under my water conditions.

my one buddy did that with his too. but he had a melt with one of his tanks... i have the same plant lol but o well that does not have the algae ill remove it to another tank. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A SURE FIRE ANSWER!!!! im on the shopping trip now