Green Hair Algae

[Dennco2000]

Sorry I just reread your previous post saying you do run chaeto so with that being said Ni/Na/Phos is good you just need some hermits and snails to clean that up, they will eat algae down to nothing, far better than you can short of pulling out your live rock and scrubbing it.

 

[Deniss]

I personally don't think light has much to do with with it(algae), but if the corals are happer def follow your gut. And Definitely get happy corals!
If the corals are happy they uptake more nutrients, and take away them from the nuisances.

Thanks mate, my rasta zoa's are defintly much happier since i have been blasting them with more blue. They were elevated, long stems and barely opening anymore. Even though they did great for a couple weeks, maybe they starved out? (if that is even possible) The led bars are the same brand, same specs just different spectrum they were both same intensity...with more blue the rasta have been slowly opening up again and came back to normal in length and polyp expansion. Might be luck, or other factors but it's the only thing i have changed since then.

I agree with saltyfilmfolks, I might get a little more film algae on the glass if I run my big finnex strips longer than usual but otherwise I run my actinics 16 hours, and 3 to 5 white 36" led strips 12 hours a day with no problems. I think algae is a nutrient issue in most cases. Aquafuge2 HOB and some chaeto with a good clean up crew might just do the trick if your nano can accommodate?

Good luck

I have a chaeto reactor on my tank that does a wonderfull job, my tank doesn't allow hang on the back filtration due bracings to prove extra strength ( and prevention from fish jumping out, that's what the manufacturer told me). The reason why i tend to go full blue is because of a video i saw on youtube of Jason fox, talking about his tanks being lit by blue lighting. He told about diving, and the light being blue, so i guess it's more "natural" for deepwater corals. I will be running full blue from tommorrow on.

Oh yeah, totally forgot about that part. The con I've experienced with Scarlet hermits vs pretty much every other hermit is Scarlets will crawl on top and over any coral in their way causing the corals a little stress but they do clear out GHA. I have not personally experienced Scarlets attacking/eating corals/snails. I have had Scarlets with zoas in the past and have not had any issues. To counter them causing stress on my Dendros and acans, I have those corals on frag racks that are elevated so the Scarlets can't reach them. The pros have outweighed the cons for my tank having Scarlets.

Thanks for the input mate, these will be the hermits i will go with !

 

[Cary Hover]

Mexican turbo snails eat hair algae at any size. I even place them next to the tuft of gha and they go to town on it.

Guess it depends on what part of Mexico they come from. My turbos don't mess with hair algae. I had to get a sea hare.

 

[Cary]

Snails. I like the banded Trochus...they are always active and don't climb out of the aquarium