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black hair \ brush algae is back!!

Filed under algae, aquarium, fish, fish tank, flagfish, planted tank, plants

Groan!!! And after I had blogged about How I dealt with black hair \ brush algae too!

The algae is growing on some of my Christmas tree moss and on the leaves of a twisted java fern. The hairs are very short at the moment, so it’s not unsightly or gross yet. I have two florida flagfish – I do hope they can eat them up and control them.

This algae is quite problematic – I’m going to have to do more research on them. If I find anything worth noting, I’ll share it in a future post.

Black hair/brush algae and problems with my 5 gallon tank

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j.walsh
July 9th, 2009 on 10:45 am
friends of mine had this problem and they washed all the plants in a bleach solution but make sure that you wash all the plants properly afterward,any way it has worked they have not got any of this algea.now we are having the problem as well so we are going to give it a shot.

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- forlogos
  July 9th, 2009 on 7:41 pm
  If it does grow long again – I’ll give it a shot. Thanks for the tip!
  
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