Hair algea

[molybdenumman]

I seem to be having an outbreak of hair algea. It actually looks like moss growing on some of me live rock and corals. Can anyone recommend a method to get rid of it? Is there a cleaning procedure I should employ? Is there a fish that could accomplish the cleanup?

What might be causing my green hair algea? Tank chemistry seems to be alright, so I'm stumped.

Thanks

MoMan

[psuedo]

cut the light duration down and don't feed the tank so much. It is just excess nutrients in the water column

[golden69_ca]

get a sea hare . they work wonders

[molybdenumman]

I've never heard of a sea hare. What is it?

[Jack]

Here's a great link you should read. Tells you everything you need to know.

http://saltyzoo.com/HairAlgae.html

[Quinn]

http://www.seaslugforum.net/seahares.htm

[Jack]

Those lettuce nudibranchs work great too, or is that the same thing as a sea hare? Some people experience short life expectancys with them but they do great work while they are around.

[golden69_ca]

lettuce nudi does not hold a candle to a sea hare . min removed 95% of my hair algea in one week

[Quinn]

Different animal. I'm not suprised at the difference golden69_ca has observed either, given the size and body shape of the slug versus the hare (the lettuce sea slug has thin little ruffles, the hare is a fat bastard; it's a lettuce sea slug, not a lettuce nudibranch).

[BCOrchidGuy]

I've got a fox face, damn thing eats everything that's an algae. He (she) ate all my calupera with in a couple days.. great fish.

Doug