black hair algae

[mick the fish]

any one help with this problem black hair algae starting to look un sitely in my main tank how do i get rid of it

 

[Adriantheone]

Siamese flying fox ( Crossocheilus siamensis) eats thread algae.

 

[Derek]

You can also overdose the tank on flourish excell spot treating the effected areas. If you use this method try and remove as much as possible yourself.

 

[bigbird]

yup excell and watch your feeding and lighting program. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[jessonthenet]

I would remove by hand. Take off and leaves affected and remove decor from tank if trying to scrub the stuff off as you will see more of a problem if the bits start floating around.

I have heard overdosing excel has worked for some but also it can cause die off of some plants, especially vallis. I have never used it and do suffer from BBA but is controlled if you don't overfeed and remove a little every night during normal daily maintenance.

 

[PlecoMM]

Agreed with all of above, make sure the bits that break off and float about dont get into your filtration system itll cause massive problems if not destroy your filters:cry:

I had it start in one of my tanks i just eliminated the main sources by hand and scrubbed before it got into my filters


Hope this helped