hair algea

[aquaboy]

Hey botie, im open today And gotta start workin on the 30 gal

[botie]

well i stopped amd got three turbo snails today are they useally the size of golf balls

[wareagle35031]

keep us up to date.

[botie]

well the one is eatin like crazy the other 2 have not moved

[wareagle35031]

give em a little bit they will devour the stuff

[botie]

hey war what do i feed them when its all gone

[wareagle35031]

They are still keeping my rock picked off and doing good, lol mine even got into my overflow, only keep what you need, and take the rest back to a lfs and trade em in

[botie]

they wont trade them back ill find someone local that has the same prob. and give them to them after im done with them

[omard]

Originally Posted by botie

hey war what do i feed them when its all gone

Expect you will be very glad to have such a problem...

Keep them around...they will keep your tank clean of most algae...

Feed them some dried nori wrapped around a rock and placed on substrate against the glass...

If not enough in tank to keep fed, nature will take course and trim population to efficient number. (crabs will just get fed a little better for while...)


Enjoy.

[thehand]

i have had a hair algae problem for a couple of months now.. i heard about sea hairs and just recently got 1, took care of my hair algae problem in a couple of days. now i read on them but couldn't find any thing that they will eat, except hair algae. dont want it to die. could some one help please.


45gal. 2-3.5in of mostly sand and crushed coral,some live rock, coraline algae 18k power glo bulbs, multiple snails and crabs, sailfin tang

amonia 0, nitrate 20, nitrite 0, alkalinity 240, ph 8.2