All About Hair Algae | Causes, Preventions, How to Get Rid of Green Hair Algae or Bryopsis

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Every one is going to run into hair algae at some point in their lifetime of owning a fish tank, whether is it fresh or salt water. I wanted to compile a video of the what CAUSES hair algae, how to GET RID of it, and also some PREVENTIONS! I really hope this video helps you tackle that algae break out in your tank.
If you have some additional tips and tricks to getting rid of hair algae, please leave them down below in the comments! We'd love to learn everything about this algae.
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@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Shout out to my wife for filming this while I cleaned 🥰

@ohno316 Жыл бұрын

Once a month? My tank is fairly new,like 2 months old with a pair of clownfish, hardly any brown algae(diatoms) but noticed today green hair algae I do a 10% water change every week without fail I use natural sea water from a good source I was happy to see green instead of brown,now I'm lost and confused Don't tangs eat green algae? Because I want it to grow so I can eventually buy an expensive yellow tang,my favourite fish pretty much Help me somebody I use RODI water only too as a top up

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

@@ohno316 tangs will LOVE that green algae

@purplefirefish1363 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are awesome, Brock! I’ve just started my very first reef tank about 3 months ago and I find myself constantly watching your vids to educate myself on potential fish and corals. Such an informative channel! You help a lot of people with teaching, brother. Thank you.

@jasonjoeljacop9486 3 жыл бұрын

You seriously deserve more subscribers 🙂

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jason!! Get your friends to sub 😁❤️

@themaineadventure4687 3 жыл бұрын

Another helpful video Brock. Thanks

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 😊

@juanjimenez6281 3 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year, Brock. Thank you for these very informative videos. :)

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Happy new year Juan! Thank you for always coming out to watch! Means a lot ☺️

@andrewconfer8053 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative, straight to the point, very great video. 👍

@BrockLeonard 2 жыл бұрын

So glad I could help!

@jimmyservantez3924 9 ай бұрын

I appreciate all your videos. Thank you so much!!

@BrockLeonard 9 ай бұрын

Dude! Thanks for that. And thank you for watching em’

@ginaleebennett6099 8 ай бұрын

Thank you this have been very helpful

@Armymp427 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for yet another informative video Brock, you should do one on Cyano Algea too.

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Ooooo great idea!!

@ashleighward1368 2 жыл бұрын

Another brill vid great recording aswell😊

@sixfootfourwarrior Жыл бұрын

Excellent video

@jonathanreich9694 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. Very informative!! I am having algae issue and I am also having an issue with diatoms at the same time. Any suggestions on the diatom issue?

@karennation3580 Жыл бұрын

Your video's are the best! You cover all aspects! I have probably been spreding it by scrubbing rocks in the tank! I do take them out sometimes and will always from here on out! I also kept reading low po3 when it was probably bound up in the algae like you said!

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

So happy I could help you Karen ☺️

@melodic_breezy Жыл бұрын

I would most definitely stop taking your rocks out and scrubbing them, my friend was doing this and actually made matters worse because he was scrubbing off all the beneficial bacteria and biofilm that helps fight against algae

@jasonlilly6112 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@helwrj28 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! Break down the algae growing. How much of a water change do you do monthly? Is Poly filter reusable?

@aaronfoss8956 9 ай бұрын

That is a powerful siphon. Wish my hair algae would fall off as easy as what was shown in the video.

@BrockLeonard 9 ай бұрын

It’s a python!

@jackstone6843 2 жыл бұрын

I just done exactly what you said not to do, scrubbed it with a brush and it was floating all over the tank 🤦🏼‍♂️wish I watched this before hand

@AbsoluteZero6714 3 жыл бұрын

Brock, congrats on getting married! :) Unrelated to this video but the Hawaii aquarium ban has gone official and looks like it will be this way for the indefinite future. Until aquacultured / Captive Bred specimens are available in large enough numbers and affordable enough for most people, looks like we’ll be saying goodbye to Yellow, Kole, Lavender, Achilles, and a couple others for now! :( For Zebrasoma Tangs I’d suggest you tell the fish store to start importing more Purples and Scopas for the meantime!

@salsreef5196 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video brock 🙏

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

THANKS FOR WATCHING 😁

@salsreef5196 3 жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard anytime bro stay safe🙏

@Arborpress 3 жыл бұрын

Brock is the man !!

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for always coming to watch 😁

@pjshooter6 3 жыл бұрын

Flow is a huge misconception with hair algae!. If you've ever been to a rocky coastline in Florida or the gulf coast, you will see a ton of hair algae growing with the surf breaking on the rocks! Prime area to find large hermits and turbo snails!. Hair algae has no issue growing in high flow. Just look at algae covered powerheads as an in tank example. I thing it actually prefers higher flow

@4Vio4 3 жыл бұрын

love this video! what do you recommend i do to help my hairgrass? the hair algae is growing all over it and i cant get it to come off with my siphon.i did spot treatment with hydrogen peroxide and im gonna do more water changes... its really bad.

@bobbiesueleonard61 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!!

@quikq17 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Brock, do you have any “All About” videos for the Porcelain Crab? I didn’t see anything.

@sseeaahhaawwkkssrule975 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brock

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for always coming by to watch!!

@Messier87_M87 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Brock, do you have any experience with dosing Vibrant in a mature reef tank for hair algae?

@MilkSpotsCauseMeToSpazzOut2 7 ай бұрын

Your my go to for info ..I subscribed on both of my accounts 😂

@BrockLeonard 7 ай бұрын

Hahaha I love it! Thank you so much

@saltyseacaptain2257 3 жыл бұрын

I recently had an unexpected critter join my clean up crew. I picked up an orange linckia starfish and to my surprise it devoured all the hair algea in my tank. Easily one of my favorite animals in the tank now lol

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Yessss!! They can knock out some algae!

@josetufino2613 3 жыл бұрын

It was so satisfying to see that hair algae get vacuum out of the tank .

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Right??? Thanks for watching!

@josetufino2613 3 жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard yup & im a new subscriber really liking the “all about”

@drewt1 3 жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard what brand siphon do you use?

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

@@drewt1 python

@dlm1949 3 жыл бұрын

What filter did you say was the best?poly?

@devynellis9056 Жыл бұрын

Hey would a cleaner shrimp be good for hair algae

@cowboyjoe2005 3 жыл бұрын

Is RODI water OK to?

@kimburnard3604 2 жыл бұрын

My HA doesn’t suction off like that it’s really stuck on

@michellluna5039 3 жыл бұрын

what is poly filter? is that a certain product or is that just a common name? can you direct me to a product please.

@Jman-bq8ov 6 ай бұрын

What levels do you keep your nitrate and phosphate? Ty

@Bmc_Bullies 3 жыл бұрын

I had a bad hair algae problem about a week ago. I used to forget to turn my light off. It was so bad I couldn’t see anything. Went to my local pet shop and bought 5 turbo snails and emerald crabs. They cleaned my tank so fast it’s crazy. I tried to record it with time lapse but it didn’t work out. Also did a water change.

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

I tell ya, those turbo snails and eat some algae! 😂

@philooch 2 жыл бұрын

My emerald crab is not even touching my hair algae :/

@Bmc_Bullies 2 жыл бұрын

@@philooch that’s strange, the ones I get from my pet shop always get the job done.

@andreas9181 2 жыл бұрын

@@philooch they like bubble algae more

@piranhalegify 2 жыл бұрын

Would a Sea Hare wipe out a hair algae outbreak?

@sagemodejg2111 10 ай бұрын

Water change once a month?

@elizabethwatson71 Жыл бұрын

Hi ‘wife’! So here is my problem…I have a new tank (less than 1 year old) I think my lights are set too high..the top sides of my rocks are turning green. On the other hand I have corals that are photosynthetic. I have had one person suggest that could be an “ugly phase” that all tanks go through Second, my hubs has hair algae…bad… his thank in newer than mine. He will not make the effort to get it out. Who is right here. I absolutely will not allow anything from his tank touch my tank. If we must share a tool at usually gets dunked in bleach water for a few minutes then dried completely. I really REALLY don’t want the hair algae to transfer to my tank. Am I being excessive? Help Lastly…the product you recommended, who makes if? Or can you send a pic of what the box looks like? I use a refugium, where would I put it? Thanks for any answers you can give me.

@user-xs3je4rn2y 7 ай бұрын

I have those. Kind of algea. And I leave then in it. They are good. For. The fish and. My aquarium and. They are. Just beautiful I leave the. Ocean. Like it suppose to be

@BrockLeonard 7 ай бұрын

Exactly!!

@nataliex9092 3 жыл бұрын

Is filter floss good enough if you don’t have space for a poly filter?

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

It will definitely help!

@ibeatits 3 жыл бұрын

How do you start the siphon with the hose if you removed the siphon part?

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

I normally start the siphon, and remove it siphon from the tube underwater in order to not lose the water flow

@mucusman7511 3 жыл бұрын

Can we have a tour of your personal tanks like the one in this video?

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

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@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Of course! This is my most recent one. I plan to do more in the future

@mucusman7511 3 жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard wow that's awesome I aspire to have one as filled in and nice as your tank one day. What was the initial rock scape like ,Just some large pieces of reef rock or was in a glued together structure?

@spencerherrick9392 2 жыл бұрын

Brock are you using a python brand hose for removing? That's what I have and I'm just worried about plugging it up on the sink end.

@BrockLeonard 2 жыл бұрын

It is the python!

@mike-lp6gn 3 жыл бұрын

cool

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 😁

@meadows5917 3 жыл бұрын

Vibrant Aquarium Cleaner for Marine works very well as well.

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this man!

@leeverink32 9 ай бұрын

i wish i could just suck it out. I can lift my rocks of the bottom so stuck are they to it!.

@derekgladden5200 18 күн бұрын

What would you recommend for shorter turf algae removal?

@BrockLeonard 5 күн бұрын

Once I cannot get it off with my hands or siphon, I resort to an urchin to take care of the job

@borisgarcia817 Жыл бұрын

Hair algae is good resource of food for inverters but is bad because the levels is ph probably are to high or to low

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

Right on the money!

@axolotlmafia 3 жыл бұрын

I lost a Torch coral because a patch of this hair algae settled on it. I felt so horrible, my poor coral, but I'm grateful it was the only one. I just have a Nano reef tank, but I love it to bits. Could you kindly explain to me if it's okay to take the live rock out of the water and scrub it off in a bucket of salt water to remove hair algae? I'm so worried I'll harm the little creatures living in the live rock.

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

It's a last resort solution. I'd rather recommend getting some hermit crabs and snails to go in there and naturally clean up the algae for you. Also during the water changes, try to suck out as much as your can, and let the clean up crew do the rest. Even urchins or certain fish like lawnmower blennies can clean it up for you.

@axolotlmafia 3 жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard Thank you, I do have a Starry Blenny, and several Hermit Crabs that have lived happily in the tank for several years. I'm a little bit worried about putting in a Lawn Mower Blenny and they end up battling. My tank is focused on a few fish, one Skunk Shrimp, several anemones, a few Candy Cane corals. Do you think the Lawn Mower and Starry could get along? My Starry is best friends with my Shark Nose Goby.

@PepeCoinMania 11 ай бұрын

realistically you can't remove most algae like that because they are very stick to the rocks, its not that easy. cyanobacteria can be removed like that not hair algae

@sandroaces 3 жыл бұрын

Alge will always grow as long as there's light. Only question is how fast.

@medaigle8 3 жыл бұрын

Are those green star polyps you have all over the tank? They look great!

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@littletonpark6326 Жыл бұрын

how many waterchanges can you do in a week?

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

It depends on how much you are taking out. We usually recommend doing 20% water change once a month or a 10% every other week. If you are trying to fight a spike in one of your levels, once a week would be sufficient. I wouldn’t recommend doing it more than that.

@melodic_breezy Жыл бұрын

I know this is an old video but I've just came across it. A couple of issues I have with the methods shown in your video, never have I been to just syphon hair algae up like that without having to pull on it, was that patch ready to die or something? Also the hair algae I have isn't growing long to grab a significant amount, just when I think I have a good clump I pull on it and it's as if most of it just stays put and I only get a few small strands it's super frustrating. You also mentioned the level of light, my Radions are at 30% power and any lower my LPS and NEM'S close up and die or the NEM'S start detaching and get sucked up into the powerheads. At what stage in a reef aquarium can you actually not worry about level of light as most reefers have SPS that simply cannot go below 50% or more light intensity. It seems that a lot of natural methods could also cause you other issues in relation to corals and fish health.

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

Yeah cleaning other clients tanks over the years, it seems like hair algae grows in a lot of different fashions. I was lucky with the kind that grew in my tank cause it was so easy to pull off. Not all is like that. For tanks that we couldn’t get all of it off, we usually had to resort to putting an invert in that could clean it up naturally. Whether that’s was an urchin, turbo snails, or even a slug. Having those int here to eat the algae will allow you to raise that lighting power up.

@melodic_breezy Жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard thanks for the reply man really appreciate it. I currently have 2 tuxedo urchins but they've become quite lazy, I'm not sure if urchins take a break from hoovering up because they were really going to town at first. My LFS has currently got a monster sea hare which I may pick up this week. I do weekly 10% water changes and after todays change I tested my parameters which are sitting at 10 for nitrate and 0.025 for phos which is the lowest count on my Nyos test kit so it's either genuinely low or the GHA is absorbing it quicker than I can test. I'll try the sea hare first before considering chemical action like NOPOX or Vibrant.

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

@@melodic_breezy sounds like a solid plan. I feel like I’m dealing with the same issue on my Halloween urchin. Used to be a beast but now only eats my tang’s dry seaweed 😂 just an fyi on the sea hare’s, once they run out of algae in the tank it’s usually best to take em out unless you can supplement their diet with more. They’re bad about perishing once out of natural hair algae.

@steveherbert9575 7 ай бұрын

Your hair algae comes off so easily. Mine is really stuck to rocks. It never comes off like yours. I have to take my rocks out and scrub them vigorously with a toothbrush.

@MohamadRazie 2 жыл бұрын

Why my hair algea more turf? I can't simply siphon it up like yours 😅 Here my parameter PO4-0.01, NO2-0.0, NO3-23..seeking your advise.. 🙏 Tq...

@BrockLeonard 2 жыл бұрын

With it being more like turf, I would get some hermits and snails to help eat it

@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын

0:12 HAIR ALGAE 6:08 8:43 6:09 8:55

@abdelrahmankhalil6156 3 жыл бұрын

I need help with dinos

@nickpino7774 2 жыл бұрын

For my Dinos I ran my uv, tried stirring it up at night while running my protein skimmer cleaned my socks first thing in the morning while feeding more to up my nitrates try n keep 1.0

@GoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGo 3 жыл бұрын

Any beginner wrasse care for me any beginner wrasse would do

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Poly-Bio-Marine Filter PAD 4 X 8 www.amazon.com/dp/B00025664C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_5tt9FbCH00503

@GoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@DamedFilms 6 ай бұрын

i wouldnt say its a false reading ....... its just the hair algae is cleaning ur tank by sucking up the nutrients... I don't mind some hair algae in my tank.... Just more filtering power

@Slayyyter_bitxh 3 жыл бұрын

My hair algea will not come off the rocks no matter how hard I vacuum

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Get some snails and urchins in there also hermit crrabs are good about eating it

@ulrichsd 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a Vibrant convert after my bubble algae outbreak. My tank has never been cleaner.

@marcelrodriguez2067 3 жыл бұрын

I threw my bottle of vibrant away after it tanked my nutrients ans caused dinos.

@ulrichsd 3 жыл бұрын

@@marcelrodriguez2067 I think it is a balance of dosing... It is the only thing that helped my year long bubble algae outbreak. I tried manual removal, emeralds crabs, it is the only thing that worked. I may stitch to half dose every few weeks long term.

@semaphor3 3 жыл бұрын

Vibrant wiped out some of my high end zoas, and my nutrients were not bottomed out - will be never use it again

@DavidHernandez-dy4lj 3 жыл бұрын

Whats the best tang for algae? Or snails/crabs im new to the hobby thanks

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Any kind of snails and hermits are good for hair algae. Turbo snails are one of my favorite but they can be bulldozers at times and knock stuff over. Really any tang is good for eating hair algae. I currently have a tomini tang in the tank with the algae and they keep it very clean.

@opethmike 2 жыл бұрын

Brock Leonard. Or.... Brock Lesnar? HMMMM???

@BTMaverick707 3 жыл бұрын

Clowns always get soo pissed when you put your hands in ''Their Tank.

@Arborpress 3 жыл бұрын

My female will intentionally go for the wrist and under side of my arm

@BTMaverick707 3 жыл бұрын

@@Arborpress lol she knows the weak spot. My Blizzards Clown whips me with her tail.

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

When they catch that forearms and pinch it, my gosh it’ll hurt 😂 they will die protecting their territory

@Cholita.1979 2 жыл бұрын

….. oops. I guess I shouldn’t brush anymore

@jxmorgan2009 3 жыл бұрын

Batlling dinos right now 😞

@BrockLeonard 3 жыл бұрын

Oof those can be annoying! Definitely got to do a video on those soon. Send me a message, I’d love to help you out more.

@jxmorgan2009 3 жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard Thank you so much! I watch all your videos. Youve been so helpful in choosing tankmates, and ive taken your water change routine with me too. I will message you.