Red Hair Algae on Zoo Frags

[bosworth]

I have a couple of Zoo frags I got from the swap that have Red Hair algae on them. Are their any natural predators that will eat this stuff? Tangs? Specific Hermit Crabs?

 

[serpentman]

Does it look stringy like true hair algae or does it look fuzzy like cotton candy?

 

[bosworth]

Stringy

 

[blueeagle]

What is the difference? I was thinking I may have some raid hair algae, the green hair algae I had disappeared. But looking at the red more it pulls apart more like cotton candy.

It's located on one of the corals. For now I pulled the loose fibers off, I did not want to disturb the coral. What are my options to remove this and to discourage growth in other areas of the tank.

 

[itZme]

The cotton candy stuff is cleared up really quickly by Mexican Turbo Snails. I had a bad infestation of that crap and the snails tore through it in no time.

I don't know if they will eat the red hair stuff though. Might be worth the $3.99 or whatever they are. I found mine at Aquatic Technology.
Let us know if it works for you.

 

[Tazbader]

Most Tangs will tear into any red algae. If not that a rabbit fish will and has the added benefit of eating dictyota which will take over a tank as not much will eat it. They will get big but not so big that you can't keep them for quite a while in your 70g.