Sea hares and lettuce nudi ???

[ahayes13]

So I am still trying to kill off this danged hair algae. ugh. was thinking about a sea hare the really ugly things and maybe lettuce nudis which i love. does anyone have any first hand experience with either of these? and whether they will help with the hair algae ?

 

[nino78]

In my experience the sea hare is awesome. I keep them in all my tanks. Just watch your power heads. They are good at getting stuck in them. Other than that they are awesome.

 

[AlexStinson]

Yeah, my lettuce nudi was a big fan of going through my pumps....

 

[ahayes13]

should i be concerened about the sea hares inking? if it does ink in the tank does it hurt other fish or corals?

 

[nino78]

I had one ink after getting stuck in a power head. Can you blame him lol. Just did a water change and everything was fine.

 

[reef-lover]

I think both are prone to getting into the powerheads... I keep a small army of blue-legged hermits that do an awesome job!!! I've also been reading a few articles about raising your mag with Kent's 'TECH M" for a couple weeks to around 1500. Some say this will eraticate hair algae without affecting corals.

 

[ahayes13]

well ive raised my mag to 1470 but i know my phos and nitrate are a lil high. phos is .1 and nit is 2. but working on it.

currently i have

3 blue legs
5 pyramid snails
3 pep shrimp
2 coral bandeds

i know i need more cleaners but really dont want any more crabs.

tank is a 90 ..... how many lettuce nudis could i safely add? and just to recheck lettuce nudis if they die in the tank wont hurt anything right? cause they arent venomous? just double checking

 

[Saltysteele]

out of all my stuff, my turbo's DEVOURED my hair algae. better than any of my crabs did. as far as the nudi's, won't they perish after the algae is gone?

 

[AlexStinson]

that cleanup crew seems really tiny for a 90 gallon....
in my 100 I have closer to 100 snails, 30 hermits and 12 peppermints...

 

[ahayes13]

yes i know my clean up crew is small. i had more snails and smaller blue legs but my larger blue legs started eating up the others. i got some turbo snails today and 2 lettuce nudis. well see how they do...