Sad day (gha)

[trevormass7]

Today I looked in the tank and spotted green hair algea. I know what I messed up to get it now I need tips on getting rid of it

 

[XNavyDiver]

I've been taking a two pronged approach of nutrient export, in this case, cheato in the fuge with a strong grow light (kessil h380), and a small army of Mexican turbo snails. It's like Santa Anna over running the Alamo.

 

[tdileo]

See if any loca reefers have some stomatellas they could give you. If you were close I'd gladly give you a half dozen. I see mine spawning all the time and I have new ones every few weeks. They do an amazing job of eating the little bit of GHA I have on my rocks and powerhead. Nutrient export is also good. Pull as much GHA out as you can by hand and then use chaeto too

 

[jrwoltman]

I know this is obvious, but manually pull out what you can. Also, if is on any rocks that you can easily remove from the tank, get a steel brush, scrub it off, rinse with tank water, and place it back in the tank.

 

[trevormass7]

Thanks for all the advice, will do a little bit of everything

 

[jhatfield]

At the first sign of gha I bought 2 mexican turbo snails online for my 40g Reefer. These snails are massive!! In hindsight I should have gotten one but I didn't pay much attention to their size description. They mowed through the gha in a little over a day. Now they scrape by on film algae and the occasional nori sheet.

 

[trevormass7]

My local petco has a 5 for $5 sale on turbos so I'll go pick some up today