Hair alge

[fish head]

I have this hair alge ? Growing all over, I pull it off constantly
Magnesium is 1450 to 1500
Calcium 425 to 450
Alk 8 to 11
ORP 420 to 450
Ph has been a little low
Phosphate about zero
I using a ATB skimmer and a ETTS skimmer, large ozone generator
180 gallon refuguim with the miracle mud ?
160 watts of uv
Ten Hydra 52-HD led lights
Plenty plenty of flow
Three red dragon 230 pumps
Nitrite rocks, two reactors
Rowa phos,two reactors
Bio pellets,three reactors
Im about 1,100 true gallons total
200 gallon water changed once a month
Corals are looking incredible !!!!
Lots of fish tho ?

Any thoughts ?
Thank you again for the help !!!
Located riverside, Ca

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Hey riverside! San Diego here!

You have a positive Id it's GHA?

Manual removal is best, scrub etc.
and beef up the snails. The Mexican turbos are my favorite for that.

If you have room (lol) might want to look into more herbivore fish.

I've seen lots of high po4 tanks with no alge , and it's all about the CUC and livestock

 

[JaimeAdams]

That doesn't really look like green hair algae. As my compadre mentioned get a beefy clean up crew in there.

 

[Damien Buckley]

A short run of peroxide will also help if you're looking for a quick fix. Reef Safe Medic is expensive but works. It's supposed to fix ich - not sure how useful it is for that but it definitely kills algae… Or, I'm sure you could find other ways to dose peroxide. Medic is all I've used though. My tank was totally overgrown 3 weeks ago. Now it's clear and I'm beefing up the CUC to keep it down. Some are having good results also with either Vibrant (Im giving this a go) and/or fluconazole. Just search the forums - there's a few threads going with both