I'm loosing the war with GHA, help?! - Page 7

bv_reefer · #61 08-20-2007, 06:39 AM

i really want to get a sea hare from ocean aquatics to mow down my hair algae, but the only rock that needs algae control is the one that my big condy anemone is attached too, so the anemone might sting and kill the sea hare right?

michika · #62 08-20-2007, 03:17 PM

Sorry, I don't know much about seahares other then what I've read. I know even less about what interactions may occure between a seahare and an anemone. You may want to try posting a new thread with that question.

bv_reefer · #63 08-20-2007, 06:46 PM

-ya I waz just reading about them yesterday, and how they release some toxic purple dye when easily stressed, so that kind of kills my interest for one...oh well I guess another 4-5 turbo snails or some margarita snails will have to do..

Mr. Fairy Wrasse · #64 03-07-2009, 09:56 PM

I had the same problem and tried the same things but in the end, I tried ALGONE at a high dose and the HA dissappeared, simple as that. Good luck!

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #65 03-07-2009, 10:56 PM

Sea hares & abalone work well on hair algae.

naesco · #66 03-08-2009, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by michika

Greg,

Yeah I did try your suggestion, I got a whole bunch more hermits, starved them (they seemed really happy with it

) then toseed them back in the display, they are more active, but not so much in the hair algae department.

Der_Iron_Chef
I searched out seahares, and could only ever find big ones. I was prepared to swallow my fear of them toppling my frags, etc. but instead found an urchin and went that route. The urchin does really well, as in it literally strips the algae off the rocks, but it can't seem to keep up.

Skimmin,

I am not able to make those types of adjustments, my tank is fully stocked with 9 clams of various species, a large selection of SPS, and LPS corals, I also have a large clean up crew. I would be afraid that a lower SG would kill my tank.

Do you have any literature about GHA, and lower salinity, or lower temps? In all my research I've never before come across this suggetion.

tknude,

I do prune at the same time I do water changes. I ensure that 95% of what I prune does not make it back in the tank at all. I'm pretty good at pruning it in clumps, with very few stray pieces getting into the system. I did tear down my whole system a few months ago to scrub all the algae, and it didn't seem to have any effect either. How bad was your hair algae problem? How many months have you been battling it?

Chaloupa, and Marie,

Thanks for the encouragement. How long on average did you battle green hair algae Chaloupa? Was it bad like mine? There are recent photos in my tank thread. This stuff is just really pushing my buttons. It has literally reduced my usable surfaces for frags by probably 30%. I just wish I could see some sort of end in sight!

Go to your LFS and order a small 2 inch or medium sized sea hare. Large is not the only size that is available.

marie · #67 03-08-2009, 03:54 AM

Just so everyone is aware this thread dates back to aug 2007, I think her hair algae problem is beat

Doug · #68 03-08-2009, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by marie

Just so everyone is aware this thread dates back to aug 2007, I think her hair algae problem is beat

michika · #69 03-08-2009, 04:32 PM

Thanks guys. Yes the problem was beat a LONG time ago....

What is with people reviving my threads from 2007 this past week? Entertaining, but really strange.

Mr. Fairy Wrasse · #70 03-08-2009, 04:51 PM

OK so how did you get rid of the GHA in the end???