Couple Q's???

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ViperCLKGTR

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I got a clean up crew when I started the tank to clean up the algae and what not and my snails do a great job of getting the brown algae off the glass but my Hermits and Snails can not seem to get rid of my green hair algae covering the top layer of my substrate! What can I do to get rid of it? I heard a Anemone or a Sally LightFoot would be perfect for it but that's just here say I want some people with expirence.

Also when adding LR to a tank do you have to let the LR recycle the tank? One of the local LFS owners said you can not add LR to a established tank because it will make it recycle that can't be right, right???? I could have sworn it wasn't true but he was dead set on it.
 
ViperCLKGTR;3452233; said:
I got a clean up crew when I started the tank to clean up the algae and what not and my snails do a great job of getting the brown algae off the glass but my Hermits and Snails can not seem to get rid of my green hair algae covering the top layer of my substrate! What can I do to get rid of it? I heard a Anemone or a Sally LightFoot would be perfect for it but that's just here say I want some people with expirence.

Also when adding LR to a tank do you have to let the LR recycle the tank? One of the local LFS owners said you can not add LR to a established tank because it will make it recycle that can't be right, right???? I could have sworn it wasn't true but he was dead set on it.
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Anemone's or sally-lightfoot's wont do anything to help here. You need too get too the root of the algae issue. Start off by testing your water change / top-off water for nitrates and phosphates...A bit pointless testing the tank for these as you'll get false readings in an algae plagued tank, because the algae will be consuming the nitrates and phosphates.

Need too find the source of the nutrients first, and make a plan of action from there...
 
My LFS told me it was because I over feed but I know this is not ture because I hand feed my Spider Crab, CC Star, and GB Star which are the only things I actually feed. I think it's from using tap water instead of RO(I know it is) but up until recently is getting thicker. Funny part is it's only towards the middle of the tank(It's not around the edges). My Koran loves grazing the substrate for food but it's irritating me.
 
ViperCLKGTR;3452768; said:
My LFS told me it was because I over feed but I know this is not ture because I hand feed my Spider Crab, CC Star, and GB Star which are the only things I actually feed. I think it's from using tap water instead of RO(I know it is) but up until recently is getting thicker. Funny part is it's only towards the middle of the tank(It's not around the edges). My Koran loves grazing the substrate for food but it's irritating me.
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Might be worth adjusting your flow for that part of the tank as it sounds like the middle is lacking in flow...and yes, its common for tap water too be high in nitrates and phosphates....
 
That's exactly the problem I just don't get why it's so thick now? It's double in the last 2 weeks before it use to be a few patches of brown algae now it's thick green hair algae and it looks bad. Any inverts that could crush the problem?
 
Myteemouse;3453198; said:
Emerald crabs eat hair algae as do Fox face rabbit fish!
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So I could grab a couple Emerald's at they'll clean it up? I was actually looking to pick a couple up they are kinda cool
 
the best solution for your hair algae is a sea hare trust me I battled this foe thousands of time's and sea hare is the best offense to it.

mr.reef24
 
ViperCLKGTR;3455611; said:
I'm just worried about it dying? Also don't some sea hare's release a poison after they die? They do but I never heard of anyone have that happen or an issue with it most likely your carbon will take it out of the water before it can harm anything.
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mr.reef24
 
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