Alge eating fish?

[marineteen]

Hey whats up guys does anyone have any suggestions for me and my alge problems? Any fish or inverts that will eat the alge for me? Any suggestion is a good suggestion, please help!
-Drew

 

[reefreak29]

lawn mower blennies are good but u should find out whats causing the algea and try to fix it

 

[travis89]

What are your water parameters? Is this the same 33g that you wanted to add fish to? Yes the lawnmower blenny will eat it but your better off curing the probalem then treating it.

 

[cantbstopd]

Originally Posted by MarineTeen
Hey whats up guys does anyone have any suggestions for me and my alge problems? Any fish or inverts that will eat the alge for me? Any suggestion is a good suggestion, please help!
-Drew

you need to check your phosphates, your lighting schedule and your water temp. i had a bad problem with hair algae and couldnt figure out what was up. My phosphates were good my light schedule was good but i was running my temp around 79-80 degrees, and that was the key for me. I lowered my temp to 76-78 degrees. I still have a very small amount that shows up here and there but nothing like i used to have. If you get your water under control a sea hare will eat all the algae in your tank quick like. make sure you get a good sized one, and make sure your lfs will take it back when your done with it, cuz algae is all they eat

and if you don't have any it will starve. i thought id never get that algae all gone but i did and you can too

search these boards for a sea hare, there was a recent posting with pictures.

 

[marineteen]

Thx alot cantbstopped!

 

[bellanavis]

Seahare

 

[travis89]

Your nitrates could also be the problem.