Have algae growing on frags what fish will help.

bgruchow · Dec 7, 2012

I only have a 9 gallon and only planned on keeping 2 clowns so have room for a fish that will help me clean up algae.
As you can see from pic algae is growing in frags I've read there are some gobies that will help. Any suggestions?

fireman23 · Dec 7, 2012

Pick off what you can

bgruchow · Dec 7, 2012

I have a couple times now but having such a small tank I try to stay out of it as much as possible?

saratj1 · Dec 7, 2012

Maybe try a turbo snail, Although I'm not sure if that tank is even large enough for one, but I've had good results from turbo snails mowing down GHA.

Dowtish · Dec 7, 2012

Snails are really your best bet, or maybe an emerald crab.

OurReef · Dec 7, 2012

We had a diatom issue a few weeks ago, we did a 72 hour complete black out as suggested. Killed the diatoms, and as an added bonus what little hair alge we had in the tank also died off. I don't know if it was just luck but it worked.

bgruchow · Dec 7, 2012

Dowtish said:
Snails are really your best bet, or maybe an emerald crab.

There are 2 snails in there already and they seem do a great job on all the other algae. I could be wrong but I do not think it is your typical hair algae. In fact I think its a more desirable algae and tangs love it just tank is a little to small for a tang. It almost even looks like maybe a macro algae. Not knowing a whole lot about algae I may have just talked out my butt. But any opinions are appreciated Thanks

.AcroKiller. · Dec 7, 2012

Foxface is the best bet. Will has one that destoy GHA

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pickupman66 · Dec 7, 2012

yea but that tank is too small for one. if you could find a tiny bi-color blenny or lawnmower...

RacinRevo0818 · Dec 7, 2012

Does this look like bryopsis to anybody else? Doesn't look like gha to me.

gmoney243 · Dec 7, 2012

RacinRevo0818 said:
Does this look like bryopsis to anybody else? Doesn't look like gha to me.

yep this is my exact thought when i first saw photo you just beat me to it lol. its 99% bryopsis GHA forms much finer hair clusters very tight. bryopsis looks like fern and more spaced out like that.

Nuisance Algae ID Guide

bgruchow · Dec 8, 2012

gmoney243 said:
yep this is my exact thought when i first saw photo you just beat me to it lol. its 99% bryopsis GHA forms much finer hair clusters very tight. bryopsis looks like fern and more spaced out like that.

Nuisance Algae ID Guide

Any ideas on how to get rid of it?

gmoney243 · Dec 8, 2012

the algae guide also tell you. but basically keep nutrients low to where you starve it out. lights out in tank can help but ultimately to keep it from comming back you have to get rid of its nutrients with other algaes out competing it or gfo or biopellets.

ailachami · Dec 8, 2012

bryopsis is one of the hardest algae to rid of. try raising magnesium with tech m and lights out for a couple day. then reduce nutrients.

mrcoffee · Dec 8, 2012

I would say that it is either bryopsis or calurpa mex. Looks like calurpa mex to me. neither of these will be some thing that you want to fight in a 9 gallon tank. Just remove the rock. if you have to loose the zoes that is ok. You don't want bryopsis in any tank ever. while it can be in check in some ecosystems bryopsis is usually a pain and disruptive in many. Calurpa mex will be eaten by one spot fox faces or the lo's and the bicolor foxface as well. in a 9 gallon you can't really have any thing that will eat it. No turbo's emeralds etc will eat either bryopsis or calurpa that I have seen. manual removal of this stuff is a losing battle. a 9gallon is too easy to replace the rock and the few corals that you have. just my 2 cents. having battled both of these I would say remove the rock in a 9 gallon in a 75 get a foxface for the calurpa. high mag for the bryopsis. good luck