2 Problems!

[chrisareston]

Ok I know I have asked this before, but here I go again!
1. I have a ton of Sea Weed (Algae stuff! Its green, and only grows on my rocks, and gets sucked into the filter and clogs up my power heads and everything I have to clean them all the time. I have 4 clowns, LawnMower blenny (All he does is eat my flake fish food) I have a jaw fish, and about 4 hermit crabs, and 3 HUGE snails that glow orange (snails only eat off of the glass). What can I get (fish) that will eat this algae from my rocks?
2. I have a ton of bristle worms, I know they are good, but I have too many and they are getting HUGE! I have nothing that will eat them and cycle them. What fish will eat them? I was thinking of Valentini Puffer, any other ideas?
Thanks all for the help,
Chris

 

[salty rick]

I think that you need more hermit crabs. They say one hermit crab or snail for every 1 to 1 1/2 gallons that the aquarium holds. The fish that I know will eat hair algea are said not be allowed in an aquarium that is less than 75 gallons. These fish are "Tangs". Emerald Crabs can help with algae on LR too.
I heard that they make bristle worm traps. I don't know much about them, however.

 

[chrisareston]

Yea I dont want to get a trap though I want natural stuff to eat them, jusst like a cycle in the life! I know I heard about tangs, is there another fish small tha will eat it/?

 

[crazy bout salt]

For the hair algae i would recommend green emerald crabs becaus ei added about 4 to my tank when the ahir algae was getting bad and theyw demolished the stuff in like a week. And for the bristle worms i have heard that some arrow crabs will eat them.

 

[entice59]

angel fish also eats macro, it ate mines, i had a coral beauty and a flame
i think 4 or 6 lines wrasses eat bristles

 

[majakarot]

any of the crabs are hit and miss, i have a sally and emerald and they won't touch the hair algae, the only thing i found that eats it is my tang

 

[broomer5]

chrisareston
I think I would focus on the cause of this excessive hair algea first - as opposed to just looking for clean up crew.
Janitors are good - but they can only do so much.
Are you testing for nitrate, phosphate and pH ?
Describe your lighting and age of bulbs.
What and how often do you feed ?
What type of water are you using for freshwater top offs, and saltmixing ?
What do you have for in tank water circulation ?

 

[jferrier]

I tried snails and hermits and sally lights and my roomate tried a lawnmower blenny, but I've had the best luck w/ a yellow tang , and I've been told foxfaces are good too. For the bristles pseudochromis are supposed to be good. They can be a little territorial though.
Do you have a refugium? It has helped my tank stop algae growth immensely. Between myself and my roomates we have 3 tanks, and we have all gone to using refugiums.