Hair Algae

[SharonCC]

Make sure it's a TRUE SAE...the line goes completely to the end of the tail fin.

 

[Dave Spencer]

Turning red? It may not be dying of, it may simply be absorbing the iron.

What iron?

It sounds like you had BBA or staghorn to me, which suggests possible CO2 problems. I still think a picture would have brought a more accurate diagnosis.

Dave.

 

[dazsmith69]

ill get a pic up and let u have a look

 

[jourdy288]

Turning red? It may not be dying of, it may simply be absorbing the iron.

What iron?

It sounds like you had BBA or staghorn to me, which suggests possible CO2 problems. I still think a picture would have brought a more accurate diagnosis.

Dave.

S/he started using Flourish, which has Iron in it.

 

[aaronnorth]

Turning red? It may not be dying of, it may simply be absorbing the iron.

What iron?

It sounds like you had BBA or staghorn to me, which suggests possible CO2 problems. I still think a picture would have brought a more accurate diagnosis.

Dave.

S/he started using Flourish, which has Iron in it.

s/he was using flourish EXCEL. This is organic form of carbon, and just carbon.

 

[jourdy288]

Oh, sorry.

 

[dazsmith69]

im definately a HE

 

[bricko]

Flourish Excel worked for me also on some rather unsighlty hair algea problem I had all over my plants. Highly reccomended. I still have tufty green algae on some of the rockwork but thats about it (and I quite like it actually) looks 'natural'.

 

[dazsmith69]

heres the algae thats dyin off. was much longer tha this