Agree with Flear, that's hair algae. Had an outbreak myself recently. Easiest way to remove it is with something like a toothbrush, catch the ends and 'twirl' it around, it comes away quite easily. Then you will need to address the cause as it will keep coming back. Things to look at are your photoperiod, how long are your lights on for? The addition of a carbon supplement can help as this will help your plants grow which will remove other nutrients from the water which the algae thrive on. There are fish, such as the Siamese Algae Eater, which love the stuff and it is amazing how much they can get through when they get on a roll.
cutting the photoperiod, i guess i would opt for 5pm to 11pm, since i like seeing the tank lit up when i get home from work. wont that have an averse affect on my plants?
i agree your tank is very nice. i recently had an extremely bad outbreak of hair algae, i did a half dose of tetra algae control and added 2 Chinese algae eaters and about a week later it was gone. i haven't had a problem with it again.
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