VERY LONG brown string algae

I know i have some type of hair algae that just wont leave even though I use distilled water, rinse frozen food, have a skimmer, have chateo, and have a gfo reactor. I included some pics just to be sure about the hair algae. But also, i have some ridiculously long string algae. One piece in particular goes from the intake of my AC70 fuge all the way to the impeller. That about 10 inches +! It is really hard to photograph because it is very thin. It is growing all over the place and the strings just wave around in the flow. Any ideas?

 

That its a very easy kill for peroxide, check any of the threads on it your tank is not bad at all

 

+1. ill be starting peroxide dosing soon. its supposed to kill virtually any algae!

 

hey guys, first off thanks for the reply! I just read that 1ml of H2O2 for every 10gal. is a good dosage, assuming you are using the standard 3% solution. I have a 20 gal so obviously i would dose 2ml. Should i do this every day? Do i just pour it in the tank?

 

yes. id do 1.5mL daily(since you have less than 20g in your system) until its gone.

 

okay so i just dosed approx. 1.5 ml of H2O2 @ 3% concentration, and i must say wow a little must go a longggg way! About 20 seconds after dosing, my zoa polyps retracted significantly! They did reopen about a minute later and look fine! So we will see how long this takes to rid of algae, anyone know how long it usually takes with a mild algae case?

 

Ehh. From what I've heard maybe a week. BUT DO YOUR RESEARCH! I have not done this yet but many on the site have.

 

A week sounds good to me haha, I will keep you posted as to how it works out.

 

awesome

 

Truly when in doubt the safest option is to change tank water with a little more work than usual

Alternate a strong water change with these dosings, your tank will perk up soon after any time you want to go on a cleaning binge, in this case its to offset a stressor. It will save any tank just starting with peroxide from overdose

If I could offer one theme it would be to externally treat when you can

The tank above was not packed with coral, it was an easy systemic run at 1:10