Hair algae and aiptasia control questions?

AC1211

Valuable Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 28, 2018
Messages
1,255
Reaction score
533
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
So hair algae and a few aiptasia anemones have come back to my reef again. My yellow tang and kole tang could not stop it. I also may have lost my yelloe coris wrasse after adding the tangs as it had been 5 weeks since I have seen it (it did not jump). Would adding a sailfin blenny and an aiptasia eating filefish help eliminate my problems?
Will the filefish eat my rock flower anemone?
My current stock:
2 ocellaris clownfish
5 bluegreen chromis
1 diamond watchman goby
1 yellow tang
1 kole tang
1 yellow coris wrasse (if its still alive it has been 5 weeks so it may be dead by now)
 

Jake_the_reefer

2500 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 19, 2019
Messages
2,552
Reaction score
2,079
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
So hair algae and a few aiptasia anemones have come back to my reef again. My yellow tang and kole tang could not stop it. I also may have lost my yelloe coris wrasse after adding the tangs as it had been 5 weeks since I have seen it (it did not jump). Would adding a sailfin blenny and an aiptasia eating filefish help eliminate my problems?
Will the filefish eat my rock flower anemone?
My current stock:
2 ocellaris clownfish
5 bluegreen chromis
1 diamond watchman goby
1 yellow tang
1 kole tang
1 yellow coris wrasse (if its still alive it has been 5 weeks so it may be dead by now)
Lawnmower blenny would destroy the hair algae. Maybe some hermit crabs to pick off the leftovers. I'm not sure about a filefish and nems tbh. I'm personally using peppermint shrimps and in 3 days all the visible aiptasia is gone
 
OP
OP
A

AC1211

Valuable Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 28, 2018
Messages
1,255
Reaction score
533
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Lawnmower blenny would destroy the hair algae. Maybe some hermit crabs to pick off the leftovers. I'm not sure about a filefish and nems tbh. I'm personally using peppermint shrimps and in 3 days all the visible aiptasia is gone
I thought the yellow tang would clear it but it turns out he is a mean waste of space that probably killed my yellow coris wrasse that has been missing for 3 weeks I guess i gotta go pick up a lawnmower blenny.
 

Jesterrace

2500 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Sep 6, 2017
Messages
3,518
Reaction score
2,850
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I thought the yellow tang would clear it but it turns out he is a mean waste of space that probably killed my yellow coris wrasse that has been missing for 3 weeks I guess i gotta go pick up a lawnmower blenny.

Wouldn't surprise me, had to boot a Yellow Tang from my tank for aggression. I would go with a One Spot Foxface as a replacement. May or may not eat hair algae, but it is generally much better for a community fish and gives you a similar profile fish that is Yellow, they are also highly likely to eat bubble algae (which Tangs often won't touch).
 

Making aqua concoctions: Have you ever tried the Reef Moonshiner Method?

  • I currently use the moonshiner method.

    Votes: 19 20.9%
  • I don’t currently use the moonshiner method, but I have in the past.

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • I have not used the moonshiner method.

    Votes: 68 74.7%
  • Other.

    Votes: 3 3.3%
Back
Top