Fine White Hair?

[seantheprawn]

hi all

on the leaves of most of my valls, theres like a fine white lookin hair growing all over them. is this hair algae? is it dangerous? should i remove it? if so hoiw?


cheers

 

[KimA]

Hi,

Discovered exactly the same problem in my tank at the weekend - went to lfs and it's apparently hair algae, so recommended/bought some Interpet Anti Hair Algae which you dose once a week for 4 weeks. Told not harmful, but can get out of control/damage plants if not treated, although you can just brush it off of plants, but still need to treat.

Finger's crossed it'll work.

Kim

 

[seantheprawn]

hey

thanx for the reply KimA, i'll have to look around for some of that hair algae treatment stuff.

 

[Themuleous]

Shrimp are the best treatment for hair and thread algae, but can be quite expensive if its a large tank.

 

[seantheprawn]

would those cheap shrimp you can sometimes find as feeder shrimp do that job? there little clear 1z, i think there called glass shrimp or something. coz there the only 1z i can find here in perth

 

[Themuleous]

Never heard on glass shrimp, you want the Amano shrimp, their scientific name is Caridina japonica