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06-20-2007, 11:40 AM
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Brown hair algae
Is brown hair algae any different than green in the causes and cures? I have noticed alot of it popping up in my tank since I took out all the fish.
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06-20-2007, 11:49 AM
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Shark
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i got some too. im going to tag along
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06-20-2007, 11:50 AM
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oh ... and I guess I should mention that it started only on the sand bed, but is now moving into the rockwork.
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06-20-2007, 11:56 AM
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Hmm...sounds like cyanobacteria or red slime to me (if it started on sand and now onto the rocks). How about a pic? Does it come off of the rocks or sand easily or is it attached? |
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06-20-2007, 11:59 AM
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I syphoned it all off the sand yesterday, and scrubbed it off the rock this morning, so I cannot get a pic right now. It comes off very easily. Its dark brown long strands
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06-20-2007, 12:01 PM
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That's kinda weird, I thought hair algae was difficult to remove? Maybe someone with more HA experience will help.
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06-20-2007, 12:03 PM
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This is how it starts though, I just shot these...
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06-20-2007, 12:05 PM
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Thanks for the pic. That looks like cyano to me, not hair algae. I'd recommend that you skim wet, do a couple of water changes, blow detritus off the rocks nightly for a week and then once a week, and also siphon off detritus from the sandbed. I had a cyano outbreak for about a month. Good cleaning and increased flow helped get rid of it.
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06-20-2007, 12:08 PM
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(I syphoned it all off the sand yesterday,) Keep doing the same!
Brent.
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06-20-2007, 12:16 PM
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cool .. thanks for the tips. does cyano eventually become very long strands of dark brown algea? some at least 1" long.
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06-20-2007, 12:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tynan Rasmus
cool .. thanks for the tips. does cyano eventually become very long strands of dark brown algea? some at least 1" long.
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Yep!
Brent.
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06-20-2007, 12:27 PM
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guess thats what I got then. Thanks  |
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06-20-2007, 12:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tynan Rasmus
guess thats what I got then. Thanks |
Much easier to get rid of than hair algae IME. 
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06-20-2007, 12:45 PM
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skimmer, skimmer, skimmer...
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06-20-2007, 12:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Twitterbait
skimmer, skimmer, skimmer...
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Wet!! Wet!!! Wet!!! 
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