Algae control

ufimych · 03-14-2013, 01:03 AM

One of my 10 gallon tanks is overrun with hair like algae. I kept the lighting time shorter, some turned yellwoish and were dying, but some at the lightest part of the tank overrun my Jawa Moss. The moss is live, but it is mixed with algae. Cherry shrimp is in there, but it does not help. I bought three Otocinclus fish, but it seems they do not want hair algae; they eat other algae on the glass and rocks. What can be done to save the Jawa Moss?

Bubba Shrimp · 03-14-2013, 02:32 AM

Amano shrimps or maybe a bristlenose pleco

Vepr · 03-14-2013, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ufimych

One of my 10 gallon tanks is overrun with hair like algae. I kept the lighting time shorter, some turned yellwoish and were dying, but some at the lightest part of the tank overrun my Jawa Moss. The moss is live, but it is mixed with algae. Cherry shrimp is in there, but it does not help. I bought three Otocinclus fish, but it seems they do not want hair algae; they eat other algae on the glass and rocks. What can be done to save the Jawa Moss?

Jawa Moss? I would recommend Storm Troopers.

Rcfan08 · 03-15-2013, 03:00 AM

Get you a couple true SAEs and trade them in when they get 2 or so inches.

ufimych · 03-16-2013, 11:16 AM

Thank you very much. I have a copule of Amano Shrimps. May be they will help.

Kinection · 03-19-2013, 12:45 AM

Tell us if it works! I've tried doing a black-out on my tank to kill the hair algae on the moss, but it's a slow process. Slow, but working.

latchdan · 03-19-2013, 12:59 AM

How big is the tank, how much light/type. How is the fert regiment. What is nitrates/phosphates

03-14-2013, 01:03 AM	#1
ufimych Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: May 2011 Location: Buchanan, Virginia, USA Posts: 113	Algae control One of my 10 gallon tanks is overrun with hair like algae. I kept the lighting time shorter, some turned yellwoish and were dying, but some at the lightest part of the tank overrun my Jawa Moss. The moss is live, but it is mixed with algae. Cherry shrimp is in there, but it does not help. I bought three Otocinclus fish, but it seems they do not want hair algae; they eat other algae on the glass and rocks. What can be done to save the Jawa Moss?

03-14-2013, 02:32 AM	#2
Bubba Shrimp Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada Posts: 326	Amano shrimps or maybe a bristlenose pleco __________________ So a guy walks into a Pet Store Guy: "I have a Algae on my drift wood!" Pet Clerk: "Take two Plecos and call me next week." EHEIM Classic 2213

03-19-2013, 12:45 AM	#6
Kinection Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 929	Tell us if it works! I've tried doing a black-out on my tank to kill the hair algae on the moss, but it's a slow process. Slow, but working. __________________ - Brian That one guy that is always online.

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03-15-2013, 03:00 AM	#4
Rcfan08 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 29	Get you a couple true SAEs and trade them in when they get 2 or so inches.

03-16-2013, 11:16 AM	#5
ufimych Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: May 2011 Location: Buchanan, Virginia, USA Posts: 113	Thank you very much. I have a copule of Amano Shrimps. May be they will help.

03-19-2013, 12:59 AM	#7
latchdan Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Paso Robles, Ca Posts: 237	How big is the tank, how much light/type. How is the fert regiment. What is nitrates/phosphates