Best macro algae eaters!...

[benray4fun]

Hi, I recently cleaned my live rock off of over grown macro algae that was choking off my live rock inhabitants. The problem is that they keep growing back quickly, so I beg the answer...
"which is the best macro algae eater?..."thanks for all inputs"

 

[reefnewbie54321]

what type of algae?

 

[benray4fun]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7798136#post7798136 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefnewbie54321
what type of algae?

Look at my gallery, unfortunately I could never have it identified....

 

[reefnewbie54321]

Looks like hair algae on steroids ... I doubt you will be able to solve your problem with a clean up crew. I suggest you pull out all your rocks and boil them and then re-seed them with a few more pieces of rock and basicly start over. There is also some type of nutrient issue if algae is growing like that. You could add a phos reactor for less then 40.00 and maybe only feed once a week till your problem is taken care of.

 

[benray4fun]

No...
hair algae is a micro algae, this is a macro algae...plus, like I said, it no longer looks like that cause I cleaned it all up. Now it looks like just live rocks, but you can see the regrowth coming back and that's why I'm asking the question...

 

[grabthereef]

i need to know this too. i would think a foxface or some type of tang/angel, but would like more input.

 

[shrimphead]

seahare might fix it? what are your parameters though, it's probably growing because your params aren't up to scratch

 

[PaxRoma]

if its macro, yellow tang, blue hippo tang will eat with gusto.
If micro, you have to get GFO