Hair Algae And Flourish Excel

[Marnee]

I have some hair algae on my plants and had hair algae on my driftwood. I took the driftwood out and soaked it for a few minutes in a strong solution of tank water with overdosed flourish excel. A few days later the hair algae on the log is red and dying. I have been overdosing the tank 3x recommended dose of flourish excel for 7 days now to try and kill the hair algae on the plants. I'm not really seeing any results on the plants and even a slight increase in some of the hair algae growth. I am wondering if I can remove the plants and dip them in a bucket with strong excel solution for a few minutes as I did the wood to kill this stuff. Any idea's? I don't have a ton of plants just some swoards, jungle val, crypts and java moss.
I have reduced the lighting from 7-8hrs daily to 5hrs.

 

[Box]

Get a syringe and spot dose over the next few weeks picking a area at a time!
That should get to but will take a few days

 

[SO19Firearms]

How are your nutrient levels?

 

[Ps3Steveo]

If you dip them in strong excel water solution your crypts will melt massively and anything else will more than likely loose its leaves slowly, spot dose and keep the levels uniform and it should go, also if your doing water changes with lights on thats a cause too.