[Brian35]

I have noticed the hair algae in my tank getting shorter. 2 quetions here....

Is it getting shorter because the skimmer is doing its job by taking away its food? and.. With the algae getting short i think its dying off. when it dies it basically becomes an organic food source for other algae, Correct? Full circle to the skimmer taking it away.

Thanks

[ick sucks]

in my tank the hair algae gets eaten by small copepods. they are like little grazing cows. i even noticed some of them are bright green(maybee from the algae?)


i think that if it dies it will be consumed by other alga too.

[Reefland]

I have neer heard of anyone noticing a decrease in hair algae from copepod grazing; must be an amazingly large population you have.

The hair algae could be getting shorter due to ever decreasing nutrient sources; if it is dieing off due to a lack of nutrients, I would not worry about other nussience algaes appearing; the nutrients to fuel them must already be scarce.