hair algea problem

[matt_schultz]

ok so i just had a recent surge of hair algea in my 29 nano. it came with some zoo's i just bought. what can i put in my tank to get rid of it? i can't think of any fish or anything that eat hair algea. I have a LMB a sixline a stripped manderin skunk shrimp. and a small cleaning crew comprised of 5 reef hermits 5 turbo snails and 3 nass snails. any ideas on something i could add that would take care of the hair algea problem would be really helpful

p.s. don't mind my spelling i have been up for a while.

 

[homestar]

if you were to get a very small lawnmower blenny, he would help. i had one and he did a great job, or you could get a few more hermits.

 

[matt_schultz]

i've got a LMB and actually he is really young so he is still pretty small

 

[GreenPuffers]

I had horrible hair algea. I put 2 turbos in my tank and in about 2 weeks it was gone!

 

[PSam]

Pull it out by hand, do regular H20 changes, and get to the root of the problem.

Adding more bioload is not the answer, IMO.

 

[crashoverride]

I agree with PSam, I had the same problem, so I started plucking out the hair algae by hand and it looked much better. I also have a small clean up crew. I have 2 Astrea snails, 3 Scarlet Red Leg hermit crabs and they did the rest. It's not completely clean, but its getting there.

 

[cmb88]

hey crash

hey crash

to answer your previous question i acclimate fish longer!!!
i acclimated the same way, just was slower in process not as anal with the corals!!