hawkmiester
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Hi all: I have a 55 gal reeg/fish set up and I just installed a new lighting system in it using t-5 lights. I previously had a red algae attack but by using red slime remover along with a good vacuming the problem diaaspeared. I started a colony of green pea size algea clusters groeing all over but by removing most rocks and scraping off the offenders as much as possible along with a thourough vacuming .solved this problem, but now I have green hairy,fuzzy algae growing on the rocks. This green algae grows to about one inch long and no clams, crabs or even the lawnmower blennie won't eat it. I use di water with every water change have low nitrite/ nitrates lighting is new and I have even tried cutting down on lighting hours to see if that helps , I cut down to 7 hrs/day, to now immediate avail. I haerd about a type of fish called a tiger cowry that eats this type of algae , from somebody on line but I don,t know anything about this fellow , how big, agressive, and it,s additional feeding habits, let alone where I can get one, If this would solve the green attack. What other choices do I have? Help.... Hawk
