Phosphate Levels And Algae

[wantski]

Hello,
I've found out what was causing my high phosphate levels in my tank is was the tap water, i was reading over 5ppm installed a phosphate remover and now it's less than 1ppm. However, the damage was already done i have brown algae in the glass (easy to remove) and brown hair algae on the ornaments and plants. I have read that high phosphates can cause algae to grow but my question is now i have the phosphates under control, when can i expect to see a reduction in my hair algae?

Thanks for reading

 

[mark4785]

Hello,
I've found out what was causing my high phosphate levels in my tank is was the tap water, i was reading over 5ppm installed a phosphate remover and now it's less than 1ppm. However, the damage was already done i have brown algae in the glass (easy to remove) and brown hair algae on the ornaments and plants. I have read that high phosphates can cause algae to grow but my question is now i have the phosphates under control, when can i expect to see a reduction in my hair algae?

Thanks for reading

I highly recommend using an anti-algae product. Algizin by Waterlife is effective against algae and completely safe with desirable plants. The reason I recommend this is due to the fact that other plant nutrients ( e.g. iron, magnesium, nitrate, ammonia etc) will still be being utilised by the algae and encouraging it's growth. If you get a product that kills algae it won't be able to get at those nutrients anymore.

If you have a lot of algae and you use a product designed to kill it, it will prompt a large amount of decomposition which may cause an ammonia issue. Therefore, more water changes and less feeding is a must.

Hair algae takes months to die off if it has nutrients and a strong light source. I don't know what will happen if its deprived of one or more of these sources as I've never had an algae issue in my aquarium (only my pond which is outdoor and exposed to the elements).

Mark.