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02/12/2018, 02:37 AM | #1 |
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Is green hair algae actually bad?
Seeing that I’m doing a planted tank. Would it be bad if I just allow green hair algae to grow?
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02/12/2018, 05:39 AM | #2 | |
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What do you want your tank to look like? I am an avid gardener. When undesirables get in my garden, I weed them out. Eventually the weeds choke out the desirables.
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02/12/2018, 07:43 AM | #3 |
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I don’t mind the look of it so I was wondering if there’s any ILL effects by having it in a planted reef tank.
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02/12/2018, 03:06 PM | #4 |
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I have a little here and there, the Macro's very nature helps keep micro algae like that under control.
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02/14/2018, 12:01 AM | #5 |
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I can't think of any ill affects-just natural filtration, like any other algae. It does move nicely in the current. I remember not hating it when I had it. Why not keep it as long as you like it?
A mass die off could drop oxygen to a dangerous level for fish.
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02/16/2018, 11:54 AM | #6 |
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I was away on a business trip for a few weeks and came back to a hair algae infestation in my small 20gal tank. While I don't particularly like it, I will say that my copepod population is booming which gives the fish nice little snacks all day.
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02/16/2018, 05:51 PM | #7 |
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From a metabolic waste point of view, GHA is much higher with DOC waste than chaeto.
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02/17/2018, 06:48 AM | #8 | |
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Really though, i should probably get rid of the hair algae just in case it becomes an issue for my fish and anemone. One cool thing i noticed is there are leaves starting to grow in my sump where the hair algae has populated on a rock. |
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02/20/2018, 06:38 AM | #9 | |
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IMO, GAC would help the most. However, I use UV on 90% of my set ups, except for 25 year old Jaubert 75G display with 30G mud cryptic sponge refugium
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