What eats hair algae?

[Phlipper]

Hey guys I started getting some green string/hair algae. Is there anything that eats this?

 

[JohnMzreef]

bacteria maybe ( try Vibrant )

 

[MCatano]

Sea hare, does great job but will need seaweed to eat once hair algae is gone. Best to give it back to store. It does that good

 

[mfinn]

Mexican turbo snails always seems to work for me.
Some say urchins are good too.

 

[Johniejumbo]

Tuxedo urchins are great for it.

 

[mfinn]

Tuxedo urchins are great for it.

aren't they known for grabbing loose corals and carrying them around for camo?

 

[monstdog]

bacteria maybe ( try Vibrant )

Be careful with Vibrant (learned the hard way)...If you have Chetto it will wipe it out. Not to mention throw your nutrients off.

 

[JaaxReef]

I’ll second both pincushion and tuxedo urchins. Absolute lawn mowers. I’ll never have a reef without at least one or two. I don’t care if they eat coralline algae either.

 

[Johniejumbo]

aren't they known for grabbing loose corals and carrying them around for camo?

Yep...

 

[JaaxReef]

I haven’t had issues if things are actually glued down well... but yeah, they’ll do that if you just place plugs in the rocks. Haha.

 

[tanked4u]

+1 for tuxedo urchin

They are real hair algae lawn mowers. However, plan on them rearranging your corals if they are not mounted properly.

 

[NewNemo]

Try hermit crabs. I have some hair algae, too, and yesterday I saw one of my hermits pulling at it with his claws.

 

[AZReef13]

Court jester gobies are known eat hair algae.

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[Phlipper]

I have a bunch actually and they don’t seem to touch it, I upgraded my skimmer tho and that seems to help with the bloom.

Try hermit crabs. I have some hair algae, too, and yesterday I saw one of my hermits pulling at it with his claws.
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[Mical]

aren't they known for grabbing loose corals and carrying them around for camo?

Yep, we call ours ROOMBA

 

[Dw79]

+1 on the turbo snails. They never stop eatting

 

[ApoIsland]

Court jester gobies are known eat hair algae.

The Court Jester Goby: An Essential Nano Reef Fish?

When it comes to saltwater aquarium (especially those for a reef tank), there are a lot of different attributes to consider. Of course, one of the first

www.algaebarn.com

What a beautiful fish. Anyone have experience with these?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Cant open the video

Simply CUC:
turbo snails
blue leg hermits
Nerite snails
astrea snails

Plan B- Dolobus sea hare

Plan c- fighting conch

PLEASE POST A PIC OR TWO AS THERE ARE CERTAIN ALGAES ALL LISTED ABOVE WILL NOT EAT ESPECIALLY IF ITS' BRYOPSIS

 

[SMSREEF]

Yep...

Mine was banished to the sump because of the white trails it left through my only few pieces of live rock in the new tank.
Once coralline grows over the Dead Marco rock, I may put it back in the display. They are really cool!

 

[JaaxReef]

What a beautiful fish. Anyone have experience with these?

I have one. They are actually pod eaters. They don’t pick at the algae to eat it directly, but to search for microfauna to consume within it. Very cool fish, but won’t make a dent in the algae in my experience. I would still vote for an urchin or two!