RE: [AGA Member] Hair algae

["Quinn, Sherry" <Sherry.Quinn@ingenix.com>]

Do you feed the fish during the blackout period?  I'm thinking of trying
this on my friend's 5.5 gallon tank with dwarf Indian puffers. It has hair
and staghorn type algae.  Thanks.

Sherry

"Hair algae is one of the algaes that is completely wipe-outable by a 
blackout. Do a major water change/ manual algae removal thing. Turn off CO2 
(if present), cover the tank with a thick blanket, and leave it alone for 
four days. When you take the blanket off, the fish will be fine, the plants 
will be fine, although a little leggy in some cases, and the hair algae will

be gone.

Once it is gone, you need to keep your nutrients in shape. For me, adding 
KNO3 to keep nitrates around 10 ppm put an end to hair algae once and for 
all. If only I could say the same for BBA and green dust algae..."
-Rachel

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