edress714 August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 is this hair algae? what can I use to get rid of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CK Reef August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 a Foxface, copperband, a strong cleaning crew, and low phosphate ^_* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul b August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 What! I said What! A copperband! No, leave out the copperband. They don't eat algae. As a matter of fact, they hate algae, they can't even be in the same room as algae so forget them for algae. Your tank looks very young. Forget the algae for now and go out and have a nice glass of Merlot. It isn't that bad. Here is my copperband sneering at some algae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edress714 August 16, 2016 Author Share August 16, 2016 new water, same rock, new live sand. running for a few weeks now. came from my 75g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edress714 August 16, 2016 Author Share August 16, 2016 75g was running for 2 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CK Reef August 17, 2016 Share August 17, 2016 Lol... I saw a copperband in my friend's tank eat algae like crazy. I personally have a team of tangs and a strong crew to kill algae :D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef August 17, 2016 Share August 17, 2016 If it's a big enough tank, a bristle tooth tang will eat short hair algae also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edress714 August 17, 2016 Author Share August 17, 2016 another thing I should mention. the rocks that have the growth are only two, these two were live rock that went dead in water that was in a bucket. maybe I should just throw them away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edress714 August 17, 2016 Author Share August 17, 2016 I did wash them out pretty well with fresh water and then put it in the tank with my live rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshifer August 17, 2016 Share August 17, 2016 Don't emerald crabs pretty much demolish hair algae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom202 August 19, 2016 Share August 19, 2016 1600 magnesium Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edress714 August 19, 2016 Author Share August 19, 2016 phosphates are barely present. got 3 emerald crabs and 2 jumbo turbo snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefoholic August 19, 2016 Share August 19, 2016 manual removal would also help. hopefully it won't get that bad. i had to pull them out every now and then for a while. It might also be that your tank is maturing. good husbandry is the key. it will sort itself out. Sadly, no fish or crab worked for me before. they could not have been less interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkiboy August 19, 2016 Share August 19, 2016 check out this video for some info: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami August 19, 2016 Share August 19, 2016 What! I said What! A copperband! No, leave out the copperband. They don't eat algae. As a matter of fact, they hate algae, they can't even be in the same room as algae so forget them for algae. Your tank looks very young. Forget the algae for now and go out and have a nice glass of Merlot. It isn't that bad. Here is my copperband sneering at some algae. Merlot to treat algae. Good suggestion. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harticus5 August 29, 2016 Share August 29, 2016 nothing is better eating hair algae then turbo snails....best by far.......Only need a few depending on tank size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joro August 29, 2016 Share August 29, 2016 A CopperBand eating algae?!?! Foxface for sure, he seems to enjoy nothing more than tearing through "exotic" algaes in our experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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