Brown Hair Algae

[grantfoster02]

I got brown hair algae about two weeks ago. Nitrates and phosphates tested very high. I got phosguard and a nitrate reducing filter pad. Also started feeding less. Today, I checked my params (with Hanna checkers) and they both read 0 ppm.

question: how long will it take for the brown hair algae to leave?
Also: do I need to remove the phosguard and pad?
Also: how do I bring my params back up to a good (but small) levels

 

[blaxsun]

You may want to post an image so one can see how much hair algae we're talking about here.

 

[grantfoster02]

 

[MichaelReefer]

It's hard to tell with the blues, but that actually looks more like Cyano. Can you post some white light pictures?

 

[grantfoster02]

Just got home to take the pics.

ignore my pulsing xenia, it fell from a fish knocking it over.

also, where it looks kinda blurry in the sand, it’s where I put leftover sand in from a different tank project.

 

[MichaelReefer]

Just got home to take the pics.

ignore my pulsing xenia, it fell from a fish knocking it over.

also, where it looks kinda blurry in the sand, it’s where I put leftover sand in from a different tank project.

Yeah that's not GHA in my opinion. I think you got Dinos or Cyano.

 

[grantfoster02]

Yeah that's not GHA in my opinion. I think you got Dinos or Cyano.

Got with one of my friends with a microscope and determined it was not dinos. So I’m going with cyano.

 

[Miami Reef]

Got with one of my friends with a microscope and determined it was not dinos. So I’m going with cyano.

Could it be diatoms? I think that’s more likely than cyano because the latter is reddish and kind of slimy.

 

[MichaelReefer]

Could it be diatoms? I think that’s more likely than cyano because the latter is reddish and kind of slimy.

Sorry I meant to say Diatoms not Dinos. Still drinking my coffee haha.

 

[grantfoster02]

Sorry I meant to say Diatoms not Dinos. Still drinking my coffee haha.

Haha totally get it. Hoping to beat this soon!! Any pointers?