Wayne Sallee wrote:
Do they not have hiding places so that when you put your hand in there,
they have sufficient places to feel safe?

George Patterson wrote on 5/16/2007 8:50 PM:
Every time I try doing something like that, some of my fish get
stressed out and die. If there isn't a better way, the tank will stay
a jungle.

Hi George,

Can you post a pic and send a link? (Or, just email it to me.) I'm
curious because I've been battling hair algae for quite a while and I
think I'm starting to win (touch wood). I'll do the same.

About once a week, I've been using a soft bottle brush to clean my rocks
of the hair algae. I don't think my fish like it, but they don't seem
to suffer any harm. I have a floss filter in my sump return that
catches it, and I clean/replace it the next day.

It's funny when a stranger walks up to the tank because it goes from a
lively colorful show to an empty tank in a flash. There are lots of
caves and swim throughs in the rock work.

My coraline algae is really starting to grow, and it seems that once
it's established the hair algae doesn't grow back.

But, unless you hit zero phosphates, I think your hair algae will
continue to grow with abandon.

--Kurt