Hairy green algae-what eats it?

[beckzilla]

Just recovering from a major hairy green algae outbreak and still have some on a couple of rocks which I cannot remove to clean due to a couple of large leathers on it. What is the best thing to keep to eat the rest? Snails, fish?

 

[jerth6932]

Mexican turbos are what I use for major hair algea break outs! They also are able to be placed on the problemed spot for prisice removal!

 

[zman1]

A Sea Hare - will mow it down!

 

[spunky]

i had a bad hair algea prob and i chucked in an emerald crab and he is taking good care of it

 

[ci11337]

a few turbos, an emerald crab, and a foxface should take care of it.

 

[falsepercula26]

you can also try a lettuce nudibranch!!!

 

[big]

A week with nothing on but Actinic lights for a few hours a day will do the trick too. Light starvation..... No new critters needed........

 

[calvertbill]

Originally Posted by big
http:///forum/post/2836771
A week with nothing on but Actinic lights for a few hours a day will do the trick too. Light starvation..... No new critters needed........
Won't that mess with the corals?

 

[kjr_trig]

You really need to know exactly what it is first....If its Hair Algae, there are lots of things that well eat it. If its Bryopsis (very commonly misdiagnosed as hair algae), pretty much only sea slugs well eat it.

 

[big]

Originally Posted by Calvertbill
http:///forum/post/2837009
Won't that mess with the corals?
No , it will not harm them any noticable amount. In nature the oceans undergo prolonged low light storm events every year ......Some people do a regular no light or low light "cleaning" cycle every now and then.........It may even be a good thing to do on say a monthly schedule or so.............