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07-14-2007, 08:00 PM
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Thanks for the suggestions, but:
-due to the fact that it is seahorses I can't actually reduce my feeding -I have reduced the photo period (I have a nice 250mh over the tank) but it isn't working (damn that algae!) -I am already using RO/DI water As for cleanup crew, I'm not really sure what to add as I don't want any crabs.
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07-16-2007, 03:49 PM
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How old is your light bulb? Older bulbs (8-12 months old) can result in hair algae.
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07-16-2007, 04:00 PM
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Also snails aren't much good at keeping hair algae in check when it is long. You may have to manually pull all the long stuff out and then plop a snail down on top of the stubble
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07-16-2007, 04:03 PM
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Do you think a Lawnmower blennie would disrupt things too much in the seahorse tank?
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07-16-2007, 04:34 PM
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Lawn Blenny
Lawnmower blennie dont eat hair algea unfortuantly
 They are more prone to picking off little diatoms and not so stringy algea from rocks :PLevi
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07-16-2007, 04:40 PM
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Get some hermits or some snails.
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07-16-2007, 04:53 PM
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If you already have the seahare I'd just transfer him over until the tank is clean.
Sort of a catch-22 though, the one good thing hair algae is good at is giving a home for 'pods to replicate en masse, I bet your seahorses are eating like kings at the moment.  Thing about seahares, unless you get one that learns that nori is good for them (not all do, I've only ever kept one or two that figured it out), they'll starve when the hair algae is gone. So it's better for them if you can transfer them into a hairy tank once their current abode is clean.
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07-16-2007, 04:55 PM
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Fishoholic - you had a lawnmower eat hair algae?? That's VERY atypical. The name is a bit of a misnomer - they're called lawnmower because of the way they look like they're attacking algae - but unfortunately what actually subsist on is that film algae you get on glass and rocks. It's actually very common for lawnmower blennies to starve in captivity because they don't always adapt to prepared foods.
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07-16-2007, 04:51 PM
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07-16-2007, 04:53 PM
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Apparently they spill sand over corals and sand will stress corals.
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