Hair Algae Help Please ?

[Rooster]

Close to suicide now... had an outburst of hair algae (long green threads) in one of my tanks, and cannot solve it - I have tried removing as much as possible physically... introducing a "siesta" period in the lighting - even chemicals claiming to remove it ! AAARRGGHHHH

Weekly water changes
CO2
Levels are "normal"

NOTHING has changed apart from this plague ! any advice please ?

 

[aaronnorth]

a blackout might work, i know it does on BGA, here is a website about algae, it might help.

http/www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm

 

[Themuleous]

I find shrimp and nerite snails are excellent thread algae eaters.

Sam

 

[RadaR]

I find shrimp and nerite snails are excellent thread algae eaters.

Sam

I second that.

Not to sure on a blackout working. The algae would have already stored enough energy/food to survive throughtout a blackout.