green hair algae

Hi All, Can anyone confirm if this is Green Hair that's starting to grow on some of the rock (the lighter rock was dry and has been curing in buckets with the live pre-tank). Tanks is around 6 weeks old and all levels are OK. I have some 5 turbo and 5 neccarious snails alongside a Foxface and...

I need to clean a rock out of water since it's full of GHA and I estimate it will take about 30 minutes to scrape it all off, spray H2O2, let it sit, then rinse with SW. I also have a mushroom on this rock but since it's on the lower part I can keep it submerged. Also, is spraying H2O2 really...

Yes I know. GHA outbreak after the hurricane. Been battling it pretty well I think. Turned on whites to get better pics. it is a spongy red brown algae forming in balls before it spreads. It was only on the frag plugs of two Zoas, completely took them over. After a peroxide bath and a bit of...

I need some help from the vets around here. My 125 gallon has been up for 2 years come june. I've had GHA for going on probably 8 months. At first I tried additive solutions then realized those caused other problems just as annoying as GHA. For the past 4-5 months I've pretty much left it alone...

Hello everyone, I’ve been having issues with green hair algae in my system. I have a phosphate reactor and a skimmer in my sump that work fine but the green hair algae is taking over. I’ve removed it by hand several times and I’ve tried dosing it with algae remover but that doesn’t help...

So I've been in the hobby for 3 years, I have a 90 gallon mixed reef that has been very successful. I recently started up a 13.5 fluval evo nano, I used all established live rock from my 90 gallon system sump. The tank inhabits 2 clowns, an urchin and a narcissus snail, plus a few zoa frags...

I was curious what saltwater fish are most likely to eat GHA that can live in up to a 40 gallon tank. Already treating it manually and with Vibrant. Just wanted to see what fish will finish it off and keep it at bay Right now I have: 2 Clownfish Royal Gramma Baby Horseshoe Crab Valentini Puffer

I began my reef hobby nearly 6 months ago with a 13.5 Fluval EVO, and I've had great luck with it thus far (knocking on all the wood available). So far the only major problem I have encountered was a salinity spike that nearly killed my hammer (Beginner mistake- I relied on a cheap hydrometer)...

I have both GHA and Cyano at the same time how do I kill them both at once?

Can someone please help me identify this nuisance alage I am having for the last 2 months now. I have an established 5year old SPS dominant system. My Nitrate is between 0-5ppm and my PO4 is 0.04 checked with Hanna URL checker. All the inhabitants of the tank are doing good. VIDEO:

I had a velvet outbreak 8 weeks ago today that killed off all my fish unfortunately, I’ve been fallow since then but for some reason had a green hair algae outbreak as well as spikes in ammonia, my phosphates , alk, cal, nitrates, ph are all well within recommended ranges I’ve been able to take...

Hi, I'm battling green hair algae in my 14g tank. I started by getting phosphate levels under control and trying to maintaining levels of <0.1. Levels creep every few days, though. It's helping but not completely. According to my Red Sea test kit, the nitrates are undetectable, which seems...

Ahhh… So I assume you have GHA (green hair algae) and you have been scouring the internet for success stories and ways people have beaten it. I was in your place 8 months ago but most methods I tried ended up failing so I’ll share how I defeated it. So here’s the beginning… I purchased a frag of...

I have a 6 month old 25 gallon AIO tank. It is constantly struggling with green hair algae. I usually hold my nitrates between 2 - 8 and my phosphates between 0.05 - 0.15. I have a small refugium with chaeto and an Aquagadget refugium LED. I feed phyto and pods daily. I feed TDO and reef roids...

Hi so I have a pretty new tank, only 5 months old about, and I have two things I am questioning. First, I had somewhat high phosphates in July they were about .48, and my nitrates have never been higher than 6ppm on my Red Sea test kit. But I have a lot of green hair algae, which I thought came...

What is this that is taking over my tank!? These are the best pictures I could get with my son’s microscope. But I figure someone out there might be able to I.D. what it is…. At first I thought dinos or diatoms because they came back worse when I cleaned them and did water changes. After...

Two weeks ago I made the worst mistake to date when it comes to my nano. I went to dose my iodine (Lugol's) and did 2 drops instead of one. Then I dose double the amount of trace elements. I had planned to do a 20% WC the following morning. It seemed to be too late. My zoas, green stars, lepto...

I’ve been battling GHA for a few months now and It’s upsetting because I got it on a frag plug from my LFS. It has only spread a little bit and it pulls off easily so my nitrates are >5ppm and phosphate is around >0.15. I have tried flipping rocks upside down to cover the GHA, manual removal...

I have been extremely patient going through my cycle and it’s been quite fun but I’m tired of it! Does anyone know when the different types of algae will start to disappear? my tank is 6-8 months old and my nitrate is sub 5 ppm. Also, how can I control green hair? it’s getting bad..

Hello, ill start with my setup 25 lagoon AI Prime mp-10 random flow nozzles IM desktop skimmer for 25 lagoon testing is as follow's Nitrate 0-2 calcium 410 alk 9.5 salinity 1.026 phosphate 0.19 livestock Midas blenny clowns fish YWG & pistol shrimp pair green dragonet 3-4 turbos the...

Hi My tank has been running for about 3months now. I am battling green hair algae at the moment. I have tested my RO water (0TDS and 0 phosphate), my top off container water 0 phosphate). Tank water reads <0.03ppm/0ppm phosphate with salifert test kit. I have 4 small fish in 310 litres and...

ok so i’ve been dosing vibrant for a while because i have a gha problem so i’ve also upped my water changes it was from feeding i used to feed like half a cube of mysis now i feed up to 2/8 of a cube i’ve also been feeding the corals a bit less i’ve also tried running phosgaurd but why is there...

I was working on my bi-weekly water change and this week I cleaned out all my equipment in my tank. Well, when I was looking in the sump, I noticed quite a bit of either GHA or Bryprosis in the sump of my AIO. Any tips on removing or whatnot and how to keep it from spreading? I'm starting to...

Hi, I’ve had green hair algae pop up go away and pop up 2x now in my tank. The first time I did a massive water change, scrubbed everything that touches water in my tank, and got all new filter media. It’s now back and has been for about 2 months. I brush parts of my rock off and have been doing...

Okay, here goes nothing, I'm so new to this and I ask that you be kind because I'm frustrated and confused. I read somewhere that everyone needs to know absolutely everything about the tank and the way I'm running it, so I'll try my best. So, about 2 weeks ago now I noticed my torch coral in...