Decommission Tank to get rid of Hair algae

[Shrimptastic]

Nerites or otocinculus are bad boys when it comes to this :P

[Blaze88]

have em, but they dun seem to be intrested in hair algae

[Shadow]

otos will not eat hair algae

[surface1030]

im having a hard time with hair algae too.
tried having "black-out" for 3 days straight..
works for awhile, and the algae came back on

[Shrimptastic]

if otos don't do it, go for the nerite flood, I say!

[Shadow]

im having a hard time with hair algae too.
tried having "black-out" for 3 days straight..
works for awhile, and the algae came back on

that because you did not fix the source of the problem.

[mpshino]

Check all your water parameters and review your maintenance regimen. This would help you find out why you have algae outbreak. Once you've corrected any problems, then move onto killing/exterminating existing algae (blackout, H2o2, algae eaters..etc).
I really hate restarting so try to save your tank first..
best of luck bro.

[ne0matr1x]

Keep hearing Yamato to get rid of algae. Is there any other shrimp alternative like Malayan, sakura, CRS etc? As I find Yamato huge (like lobsters compared to the others) in a small tank.