Hair Algae

[Gambit]

Hi guys.....

i currently have a just cycled finished 2ft tank....... had no hair algae problems until i added in 4 small clownfishes........

now my tank has quite a bit of rampant growing of hair algae on the tank walls especially.........

Anyone any suggestions to getting rid of it??

is there any animals that feed on them??

[Tanzy]

Snails come to mind right away.

[bwilly]

I got some slight algae problem.

Got some snails n do weekly change of water.

pretty alright for me.

saw my snails working "hard" eating the algae,

one pretty huge bugger got tis huge shell, body

move upz, the shell knock against my glass.

I keep hearing "ko..ko.. ko.." thought is my new

MH lights abit problem..

then notice them crawlin..

so slowly..

slowly...

slow...

Zzzz...

[Gambit]

I thought snails only would eat those diatoms algae or something like that??

Anyway i wont mind giving a try to snails........

was thinking of those that are regularly sold at ReB*rn... can those do??

or anyone got a nice pic of a useful snail??

Will they increase my bio load to beyond acceptable levels??

only 2ft leh........

[oceanics]

What about those algae on the surface of the sand...

[Tanzy]

What about those algae on the surface of the sand...

If it is diatom, they tend to be self-limiting. Snails rarely venture on to the sand bed.

If it is slimy brown or red, then there's nothing much that will eat that.

[nicky30092002]

what type of snail are we talking abt here?

[oceanics]

Go n get a TURBO engine snail..

[SpiderOne]

one day i will show u a pic of my tank.

and why everything is suspended and hoodless.

hint: glass cant be seen through.

but now i got many many lines on my glass where turbi snail graze around.

[Gambit]

How much for a turbo snail??

and where to get them??

Any pics of it??

[woonming]

Marine life is selling some crab that would eats green algea or hair algea ..

[junyong84]

crabs??? it would be so hard to remove em after ur alage is gone...

snails get bigger easily...i guess... easier to remove also..

[SpiderOne]

Lawnmower blenny does the job well. but some people claim it dont even touch their hair algae and instead chooses to starve.See the attitude of the fish. mine was keeping tank clean everyday until an accident involving it and a powerhead which resulted in my first one eyed blenny. 2 weeks later he went back into the Powerhead and well....