hair algea

Discussion in 'Algae' started by botie, May 20, 2008.

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  1. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    Hey botie, im open today :p And gotta start workin on the 30 gal :p
     
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  2. botie

    botie Feather Duster

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    well i stopped amd got three turbo snails today are they useally the size of golf balls
     
    botie, May 21, 2008
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  3. wareagle35031

    wareagle35031 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    keep us up to date.
     
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  4. botie

    botie Feather Duster

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    well the one is eatin like crazy the other 2 have not moved
     
    botie, May 21, 2008
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  5. wareagle35031

    wareagle35031 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    give em a little bit they will devour the stuff
     
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  6. botie

    botie Feather Duster

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    hey war what do i feed them when its all gone
     
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  7. wareagle35031

    wareagle35031 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    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
     
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  8. botie

    botie Feather Duster

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    they wont trade them back ill find someone local that has the same prob. and give them to them after im done with them
     
    botie, May 21, 2008
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  9. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    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...:p)


    Enjoy.


    ;D
     
    omard, May 21, 2008
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  10. thehand

    thehand Plankton

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    sea hair

    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
     
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    thehand, Jul 19, 2008
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