lawnmower blenny?

do they really eat green hair algae. i've been battling gha for awhile now. i've bought a reactor for and run ferric oxide in it and it seems to be helping but its not gone yet. so will a lawnmower blenny take care of the rest of it.

also is a sea hare a good idea. i hear they can go kamikaze and nuke the tank. i would like to avoid that if possible. ;D

 

Sometimes they do, i had one for about 3 months, He never ate my GHA, i had a few patches but he never did anything to it...How big is your tank?

 

i had one that went ape s**t for film algae but wouldnt touch hair algae. sea hares eat it until they die i never had one last over a week. the thing that destroyed it for me was foxface.

 

huh. my tank is a 34 gallon. the hair algae is scrape off doesnt grow back anymore but its hard to get at it in certain areas. i'm really at a loss of what to do at this point.

 

Urchins love GHA. You could try a tuxedo urchin, they stay small.

 

You can try the sea hares if you can get any, and you could try a VERY small foxface, you can try some blue leg hermits, but the reason why most people get GHA in their tanks are lack of Water changes and high phosphates, most of the time above 0.5, so i would cut back on your feeding...if your feeding any corals...I would stop that also. Fish can get away without being fed for 3-4 days...And if your system is old enough and large enough...you dont really have to feed the tank, because of Copepods and natural food sources, i only feed my tank twice a week.

 

thanks kcbrad. i've tried everything else. i might as well give this a shot. they do look pretty cool too. adds a lot of cool dynamic to the aquarium.

 

zoo, i do 25% water changes every other week. i've cut my feeding quite a bit and i've even done 25% water changes every week for a few months. nothing seems to work. all my levels are good and all my corals are healthy so i don't really know what else to do.

 

What kind of water are you doing water changes with?

 

Okay...Well, that solves the problem..doesnet get rid of the GHA though hahah...But thats good...I would suggest trying the urchin then.