How else to do battle with hair algae

[michika]

How about a photo? Something I can take with me when I go shopping.

Is the green a dark green or more of a turquiose?

[Delphinus]

Ummm ... sort of a "light green" I guess. I'll take a photo of it tonight and post it.

[Delphinus]

Lawnmower blenny doesn't eat filamentous algae, what they eat is film algae. Actually some don't adapt to prepared foods very well and tend to starve out.

The green urchin is not very large. It's about 1.5" - 2". We're not talking diadema type urchins, indeed, too big for your tank. It looks like a blue tuxedo urchin but is green.

Abalones are awesome. Hardy, not too demanding. Here's a link: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/abalones.htm

I do feed nori to my tank and suspect that the abalone probably gets some of that at night. Also sometimes I put in some chaeto for the rabbitfish and I think he also cleans up whatever the rabbit doesn't do in.

[Snappy]

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Originally Posted by michika

Thank you everyone for your suggestions.

I'm hesitant to add more to my clean up crew as they aren't currently making any dent in the issue. I currently have ~35 hermits, the bulk of which are blue legs,quote]

Put your hermits in the sump to starve for a few weeks and then they will eat whatever you place them on. Just place them right on a patch of algae and let em' go. It worked for me.

[michika]

Thanks!