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HeyPK · 03-03-2012, 05:48 PM

That is about as bad an infestation as I have ever seen! It sounds like Rhizoclonium, all right. Try manually removing as much as you can with the toothbrush. Then you might try some rosy barbs, which I have heard eat it. Maybe overdosing with excel will kill it, or, perhaps local applications of hydrogen peroxide. I am not an expert on removing hair algae it with treatments or things that eat it. I prefer to keep it out in the first place by bleach-treating all new plants. If I do get an infestation, I remove plants to a new tank by bleach-treating them and then sterilize the old tank with a prolonged bleach treatment.

Can I have your permission to use one of your pictures in the AlgaeFinder?

03-03-2012, 05:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
HeyPK Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Soggy Central Mississippi Posts: 4,696 iTrader Ratings: 25 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points:	Re: Green hair algae That is about as bad an infestation as I have ever seen! It sounds like Rhizoclonium, all right. Try manually removing as much as you can with the toothbrush. Then you might try some rosy barbs, which I have heard eat it. Maybe overdosing with excel will kill it, or, perhaps local applications of hydrogen peroxide. I am not an expert on removing hair algae it with treatments or things that eat it. I prefer to keep it out in the first place by bleach-treating all new plants. If I do get an infestation, I remove plants to a new tank by bleach-treating them and then sterilize the old tank with a prolonged bleach treatment. Can I have your permission to use one of your pictures in the AlgaeFinder?