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	How do you get rid of black hairy algea of my plants
eureka red Hobbyist Posts: 86 Kudos: 95 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Apr-2004	I have a 6ft tank with 130w of light and all my plants at the top of them have this black hairy algea growing off there leaves and i hate the look of it how do i get rid of this please help
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Falstaf Fish Addict Posts: 785 Kudos: 1211 Votes: 196 Registered: 12-Feb-2004	Remove as much as you can gentlly rubing the leaves with your fingers, that is if you don't want to take them out of the tank and do this under running tap water. Stop any form of fertilization and Co2 on the tank for a few weeks.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Rosko_22 Hobbyist Posts: 86 Kudos: 78 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Jun-2004	Apart from everything Falstaf said, the main thing is to be patient. I'm fighting through a similar situation with hair algae. When I scraped it off the leaves it would just grow back the next day. So I stopped fertilizing completely, it's been three weeks already, still there. I've got a few fast growing plants in there though so hopefully they'll eat up most of the available nutrients soon and the algae will starve. I don't think it's a good idea to start fertilizing again until your plants start showing signs of nutrient deficiency. Good luck.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42


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