I have a fair amount of brown/brownish grey hair like algae growing. I don't have phosphate or alk test kits yet but my other levels (the ones that are included in the standard kit, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, etc) are good. My ph when I tested last week, was at 8.
I just recently replaced my old bulbs (t5 ho x4) which was long overdue, pulled my power filter out, and upgraded my flow. I assume that all of these may have been factors in the growth.
I plan on doing some manual removal this weekend, and will check the lfs for the test kits and some snails (any types better than others for hair algae?) to add to my small CUC.
Is there anything else that I can do to help knock this out?
Thanks for any suggestions and thanks for providing an awesome source of information that has taught me more since joining than I have learned from the occasional items I have learned from my LFS.
I just recently replaced my old bulbs (t5 ho x4) which was long overdue, pulled my power filter out, and upgraded my flow. I assume that all of these may have been factors in the growth.
I plan on doing some manual removal this weekend, and will check the lfs for the test kits and some snails (any types better than others for hair algae?) to add to my small CUC.
Is there anything else that I can do to help knock this out?
Thanks for any suggestions and thanks for providing an awesome source of information that has taught me more since joining than I have learned from the occasional items I have learned from my LFS.