sea hare question...

[mrpet]

i have a major hair algae problem right now its a 375 gal tank its about 2 months used marco rock to set it up i have a yellow tang and a kole tang a rabbit and an algae blenny not even making a dent so i added two sea hares not sure what type kinda green and brown about 4 to 5 inches anyone know what type they are?i hope they will do the trick. i also have about 12 turbos 50 black foots and 50 cierth snails it looks like the sea hare is doing a good job on the sand not much on the rocks yet . so if you can let me know if these sea hares will do the trick...

 

[Eklikewhoa]

One way to find out but if the algae is growing faster then they can eat I think you might have bigger problems other then the sea hares not eating algae fast enough.

 

[mrpet]

no its kinda staying at its growth rate checked all my water parameters all good maybe its just still new tank syndrome? might add a couple of urchins as well... really did not want to add hermits might have to the only other thing i can think of is the temp went up to 87 for a few days chiller was broken i have a new one now anyone know what type of sea hares i have are again green and brownish ulgy suckers cool though...

 

[mrpet]

bump?

 

[boomsticks]

87?! That is some hot water, everything was okay I hope? The best bet is to use some phosphate remover of some kind. Well the best thing would be to buy a phosphate reactor or RO/DI unit to purify the water if you want to splurge.

 

[Lunabud74]

This might help:

http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=seahares