How can I get hair algae off Anubias?

[Lifeisgood]

I had a tank where hair algae took off.  Using a timer and cutting back hours of light really helped.  I manually removed the hair algae from the plants.  But it wants to grow back, like it has roots attached to the plants.  Stem plants I may have to snip off more to eradicate it but I hate to have to cut leaves off the Anubias.  What can I do that won’t damage the leaves?

[FrozenFins]

Try using a gravel vac and vacuming it up, it worked for me.

[Streetwise]

Try a pair of skewers, chopsticks, or a fork for a twirl and removal.

[d6veteran]

Mine is getting eaten by either Nerites, Corys or Plecos.  Not sure which.

But I also had to cut off some leaves where it had gotten to like 1-2" long.

[Lifeisgood]

It’s not hard to pull it off but maybe I need to take the plant out of the water and rub the leaves with a cloth or something to get all the residual roots off.  Does hair algae have roots??

[starsman20]

I had this problem for a while. Took them out and put a few drops of peroxide on. Worked good for me.

[Lifeisgood]

59 minutes ago, starsman20 said:

I had this problem for a while. Took them out and put a few drops of peroxide on. Worked good for me.

Thank you!!😊