Curing Green Hair Algae in your Saltwater Aquarium
Simply put, if what you are seeing in your tank is a green, feathery looking mass, it is probably Green Hair Algae. Once Green Hair Algae gets a foothold in a saltwater aquarium, it can soon cover everything in your tank if prompt measures are not taken. The cure for Green Hair Algae is the same as the prevention: Starve it into oblivion.
Green Hair Algae Control
From Reeftank.com, information on how to deal with green hair alage, as well as brown diatoms, and red slime or blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) in saltwater aquariums.
Green Hair Algae Eater
From Janet's Reef, Janet shares how the addition of a Sea Hare (Dolabella auricularia) helped to eliminate a bad green hair algae problem she had been battling in her 120g reef tank for almost a year.
Green Hair Algae Profiled
Tom Phillips (The Reef Guy) explains what contributes to the growth of green hair algae and what to do about it. Red slime (cyanobacteria), brown diatom, and Bubble (Valonia) algae are discussed in this article as well.
Harvesting Green Hair Algae Properly
From the Thiel Marine Infobase site, Albert Thiel addresses an aquarist's problem of excess green hair algae and gives his advice of how to harvest it properly to keep it in balance.
Slime, Goo, and Hair Discussions
From the Aquarium.net Articles Archive, Ronald L. Shimek delves into the overall diversity and biology of algae, and indivdually profiles the characteristics of and solutions for curing green hair algae, along with red slime (cyanobacteria), brown slime (dinoflagellates), diatoms, and as well as a few other common green, red (coralline), and brown macroalgae species.