Green hair algae?

[Erink]

What's the best way to get rid of it? I read that manual picking it keeps it under control...what do you think?

 

[Alchameth]

Pull what you can off, do some water changes, look at what you have for lighting time are all good starts with GHA

 

[JGT]

What's the best way to get rid of it? I read that manual picking it keeps it under control...what do you think?

Green hair algae. Manually remove/siphon out, check NO3 and PO4 are in range, lessen feeding, shorten light intervals, add CUC if you don’t have and a tang or 2 depending on tank size and lawnmower blenny. Be patient. Will take time to eradicate.

 

[Haifisch762]

It comes off easy enough by hand or with a siphon (use a wider hose so it doesn’t clog every 10 seconds). Also, not sure if this is the norm, but I have an emerald crab and a coral beauty angel that both eat it too, so I haven’t had much of it lately.