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11-03-2004, 09:27 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moreno Valley, CA,California
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 |  hair algae eating fish?
i'm getting alot of hair algae. just asking what type of fish, crab or shrimp may be good at taking care of that?
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12 gallon JBJ NANO Cube 15lbs LR
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11-04-2004, 02:00 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Erie, PA,Pennsylvania Age: 34
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| Re: hair algae eating fish?
how long has your tank been set up? How old are your bulbs and how long do you run them. I am finally winning my war against the Hair and it is not easy. Lawn mower blennie, hermit crabs, turbo snails. Many places sell alagae crews, Saltwaterfish.com and liveaquaria.com have the best that i have found. I used S.A.T. once a week also seemed to help.
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11-04-2004, 03:02 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Woodbury, MN,Minnesota
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| Re: hair algae eating fish?
The lawnmower blenny worked well for mine.
if you dont have any light needing livestock i also put a blanket over my tank and blocked all light for a couple of days. at that time i just had some damsels that dont require a strict light schedule.
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11-04-2004, 07:25 AM
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| | Banned
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Jacksonville, Florida
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| Re: hair algae eating fish?
btw, can anyone post or know where any pictures of different algea are? I have some dark green stuff( corraline?) and purple, but am not sure what the dark green is.
Also getting a little light lime green growth here and there....
never seen any hair algea, so I have no idea what to look for...
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11-04-2004, 09:35 AM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Louis
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| Re: hair algae eating fish?
Hair algae is green and looks like a kid who just got a "crew cut".
Corallines are calcium based algaes. If it is hard to the touch, flat, and hard to scrape off, it might be coralline. _________ Curt  | |
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11-04-2004, 09:20 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moreno Valley, CA,California
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| Re: hair algae eating fish?
my tank has been set up for about 4 months. the bulbs are two months old. and are on for about 12 hours a day. i have about 12 scarlet hemets in it a sandsifting star but no snails yet. i heard the lawnmower can be mean at times so i wanna stay away from that. should i just get some more crabs or a different type? | |
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11-05-2004, 01:51 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Erie, PA,Pennsylvania Age: 34
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| Re: hair algae eating fish?
Cut your light time down. I am just getting over it, and i had my MH lights on for only 2 hours a day. The VHO were on for 8. Snails are good for the glass, i like the idea of one cleaner per gallon. So maybe about 8 more crabs and 20 snails. | |
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11-05-2004, 05:57 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Mid-west, Illinois
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| Re: hair algae eating fish?
I have hair algea on the glass to and can't decide between a LAWN MOWER BLENNY or a KOLE TANG. _________  && &&&&24 GAL Nano Cube with 30 lbs of sand,28 lbs of live rock, 2 clown fish and now 6 mushroom, and still learning. &&PADI diver riding a 93 Blue Goldwing&&Logo by Nautilus | |
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11-05-2004, 06:31 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Woodbury, MN,Minnesota
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| Re: hair algae eating fish?
i recommened the blenny, but what do i know hna. j/k. mine is actually keepin my sand a nice bright white as well as grazing on the rocks. | |
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11-05-2004, 04:59 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Quezon City,
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| Re: hair algae eating fish?
Kole Tang. Or for non-fish try turbo snails.
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