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Originally posted by palmerc
Not for regular hair algae but it does help for cyanobacteria (blue-green algae = red slime) as growth of cyano is fuelled by DOC's which are removed when running activated carbon
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You can still have algae with or without the carbon. Think you need to get to the heart of it first. Water changes and efficient skimming would be your best bet. I've never used carbon and am not seeing anything that would lead me to do so this far. Freshwater & salt.
JMO.