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Right, il admit I have let my tank get a little wild lately as I have been working so much and not had time to clean glass etc but have been feeding and changing water but I have cleaned the glass today and the tank has exploded with new critters/pest/corals!

Can you guys help me I.D some of these and give me any advice on what will eat the aiptasia.
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I can see green hair algae in the 1st image
not sure what that massive thing is in the 2nd image
bubble algae and aiptasia in 3rd image .
try peppermint shrimps for your aiptasia problem , emerald crabs for bubble algae if you wanna go the natural route or vibrant the chemical route .
 
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I can see green hair algae in the 1st image
not sure what that massive thing is in the 2nd image
bubble algae and aiptasia in 3rd image .
try peppermint shrimps for your aiptasia problem , emerald crabs for bubble algae if you wanna go the natural route or vibrant the chemical route .green

I can see green hair algae in the 1st image
not sure what that massive thing is in the 2nd image
bubble algae and aiptasia in 3rd image .
try peppermint shrimps for your aiptasia problem , emerald crabs for bubble algae if you wanna go the natural route or vibrant the chemical route .
Thanks mate I will try peppermint and emerald crabs but would the crabs not kill the shrimp??

The first image is not hair algae it is more like an SPS it's solid and doesn't move in the current
 

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The first picture could be codium fragile, or dead mans fingers. Not too uncommon. Some folks grow it on purpose. It doesn't grow too fast, but gets tightly wedged in the rock, making it hard to remove completely.
 

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Thanks mate I will try peppermint and emerald crabs but would the crabs not kill the shrimp??

The first image is not hair algae it is more like an SPS it's solid and doesn't move in the current
Yeah , I meant the things surrounding it not sure about what the thing in the middle is
 

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Thanks mate I will try peppermint and emerald crabs but would the crabs not kill the shrimp??

The first image is not hair algae it is more like an SPS it's solid and doesn't move in the current
They should live together just fine
Also since you also have Vermited snails you can try some bumble bee snails for your issue
 

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