Hair algae

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nehctik
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Hair algae

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Will otocinclus eat hair algae, ive noticed a bloom of it in the tank, Im aware this could be because I havent been using nutes for my plants, but I was wondering how to get rid
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Re: Hair algae

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nehctik wrote:Will otocinclus eat hair algae, ive noticed a bloom of it in the tank, Im aware this could be because I havent been using nutes for my plants, but I was wondering how to get rid

they will not eat hair algae, try balloon mollies
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nehctik
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Re: Hair algae

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Hmm, im alittle limited on what I can introduce to the tank as its a DP tank, and only 15uk gallons (64litre)
sevenyearnight

Re: Hair algae

Post by sevenyearnight »

I'm having pretty good luck since I have been dosing and added CO2. My water was really soft, and my nitrates were always at 0, the algae was getting there!
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