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digitalsteve 01-19-2005 04:18 AM

hair algae cleaners
 
is there any kind of fish that snacks on hair algae or some kind of critter i can toss in a small tank to help keep it trim? working with a 10 gallon here

SeaHorse_Fanatic 01-19-2005 04:27 AM

Sea hare or I think it's called a Turbo snail. The kind that get quite big & knock over frags :mad: I bought one from Denman PG & it's done a great job tackling my hair algae problem. Also have a Indonesian purple tang (cousin to the Kole tang).

Anthony

digitalsteve 01-19-2005 04:30 AM

i think a sea hare will be too big and i do have a couple of turbos but all they do is play on my clean glass!, is there any small reef safe fish that does this job ?

Willow 01-19-2005 04:44 AM

not for a 10 gallon tank

digitalsteve 01-19-2005 04:46 AM

grrr..... so there are no small guys that will assist in keeping this problem in check?

Richer 01-19-2005 04:48 AM

I think you might be better off fixing the cause of the problem rather than trying to fix the end result of it, especially in a smaller tank. I had some hair algae on some of the rocks in my tank. I plucked them off pinch by pinch every other day, fixed my skimmer (it was clogged and I didn't notice) and it never returned.

-Rich

Tarolisol 01-19-2005 06:31 AM

Astria snails they are doing an awsome awsome job in my little tank.

EmilyB 01-19-2005 06:33 AM

Small turbo snails.

Canadian Man 01-19-2005 06:39 AM

Anyone have any extras they can bring to the meeting for me? Need some for the frag tank.

muck 01-19-2005 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canadian Man
Anyone have any extras they can bring to the meeting for me? Need some for the frag tank.

You want bulldozers in the frag tank?
Pushing and organizing the frags for you... :mrgreen:


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