What fish to add???

[Kalied20]

I have been having a little problem with hair algae lately. I have been doing water changes, less feeding, and turned the lights out earlier.

So... I am looking for opinions on a fish, crab, or something that will help eat some of it. I have a regal tang, a sixline, and a Seagrass wrasse now. It is a full reef tank with LPS and Softies.

Anyone???

 

[mamagoose45]

The recommendations we've seen/heard/tried are some to all of the following:

Sea hares, lettuce nudibranch, tangs, some rabbitfish, hermits, mexican turbo snails, lawnmower blenny, bicolor blenny, black sail fin blenny, emerald crabs...

I have no doubt there are others out there, but those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

 

[gobyholic]

GET SOME TURBOS, THE SEA HARES ARE ALK FIDGITY, THEY WILL DIE IF THERE IS A QUICK DROP (MASSIVE WATER CHANGE) AND THEY CAN FUNK UP A TANK IF NOT REMOVED QUICKLY. BLUE LEG CRABS ARE GOOD TOO, BUT DON'T GET OVERSTOCKED, THEY WILL START KILLING YOUR TURBOS FOR THE SHELLS

 

[H@rry]

I'd vote for some kind of rabbitfish, maybe a foxface. They eat algea very well for me.

 

[Kalied20]

I traded a couple of rocks off with GSP and Yellow Polyps on them for a Kole Tang. He is nipping at the algae already. I am also going to up my poluation of blue leg hermit and turbos and see how that goes.

Thanks

 

[chadfarmer]

what is the root cause of your algea?

 

[outreefed]

Forget snails get you some cowies you get them at ebay all most all the time

 

[Kalied20]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11821532#post11821532 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chadfarmer
what is the root cause of your algea?

I haven't been checking my RODI water that I make at home with the TDS meter for a while and BAM.....

But I am getting water from the LFS and doing water changes every two weeks for a while. The fish or Crabs or both is just to help get rid of it faster in the main display

 

[waynesworld]

my angles keep the rocks clean

 

[NeveSSL]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11821900#post11821900 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by outreefed
Forget snails get you some cowies you get them at ebay all most all the time

I saw some cowries there last week. Kinda neat lookin' creatures... I've seen more of them on necklaces than in tanks, tho...

Brandon