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Old March 20th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
black hairy algae

ive got some black hairy/fuzzy algae growing on the sides of the older leaves of one of my anubias plants. it doesnt scrape off even with my nail. snails and plecos dont touch it. should i just cut the leaves off?
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Old March 20th, 2009  
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Any pics?
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Old March 20th, 2009  
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i guess that might help eh? i will take one
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Old March 20th, 2009  
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here is a pic
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Old March 20th, 2009  
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I had a massive breakout of the same thing in my tanks. Get a couple of siamese algae eaters. They are the only kind of fish that eat black hair algae. If you don't have room for them in your tank permanently you can take them back to the LFS after they do their job They worked wonders on my tank. I decided to keep mine because anubias are such slow growing plants they are very prone to algae.
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Old March 20th, 2009  
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how big to SAE get?
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Old March 20th, 2009  
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Probably will max out at 6" in large tank. Just dont put two as it can quarrel with their own. Could try one but would recomments 3 or more depending on tank size and/or amt of algae.
Do some research when purchasing SAE since their look alike cousin, Flying Fox, doesnt go near the algae.
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Old March 21st, 2009  
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i dont think i should get a bunch of them. my tank is already maxed out when everybody gets full grown. i have 4 yoyo loaches that can get 6", 2 angelfish, and 2 plecos
are they unhappy fish alone? i dont want to do that either if he wont be happy on his own. maybe i can counter my overstocking with planting more plants.
im fine for stock with the size they are now, its just that they are gonna GROW!!
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