Finally found something that will eat nuisance algae.

[fatpuffer]

I had a bit of "hair algae" in a few pieces of rocks. I thought my snails would eat them but no luck. Finally, I thought about mollies in my fw tank eating algae. I bought a molly and put in the the saltwater. The molly was skittish at first (maybe due to my stupidity of not acclimatizing it first to sw), but now is active and ate all my nuisance algae...even some of the cauleurpa "buds" that was just starting to grow.

Js

[chevyjaxon]

Wait A Minute, You Can Put Freshwater Fishes In Saltwater??!!

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by chevyjaxon

Wait A Minute, You Can Put Freshwater Fishes In Saltwater??!!

Only mollies and they should be very slowly (like for a week) acclimatized first. There are some bracish fish that can go full salt (like a mono) as they get older, but thats another story.

[fatpuffer]

Yup...mollies, monos, some puffers, etc. can be acclimatized in sw. BUT as fishoholic stated the longer that acclimatization process the better.

Js

[mildcustom2]

My favorite nuisance algae eater in my 210 gallon reef tank is my 2 sea hares. Absolutely the most efficient algae eater on the planet. They will eat any type of algae you can throw at them.

[fatpuffer]

Don't have much selection here in Red Deer when it comes to algae eaters. Since the mollies where free...thought I'd try and glad I did.

Js