I got a sea hare.

[Backreefing]

About 3-4 weeks ago I got a sea hare from my local fish store. I had a first class hair algae problem. I’m leery of Tangs . They never worked out for me and I don’t light cigars with $100 dollar bills to keep trying.
So enter the sea hair . Btw I do keep nutrients quite low . With the hair algae I had 5ish nitrate and 0 phosphate. I was dosing lanthium chloride in small amounts. Moving on . I got this sea hare and it took him about 2 weeks to clear the aquarium of hair algae problem. 90 gallon aquarium standard 18”/48”/25”.
Now that he has ran out of algae I have been putting in a sheet of nori every day. Rubber banded to a rock.
Has anybody had success with these hares? I mean long term? I’m happy with his performance and happy to put in a sheet a day . For the foreseeable future. Btw my water parameters have improved since hair algae is gone ! Nitrate is about 10 and phosphate is still about 0 .

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

About 3-4 weeks ago I got a sea hare from my local fish store. I had a first class hair algae problem. I’m leery of Tangs . They never worked out for me and I don’t light cigars with $100 dollar bills to keep trying.

Just curious, what happened to what type of tang?

I've not heard of many folks fail with a quality yellow tang.

I had a purple sea hare many years ago. I do not recall exactly what happened to it, but it was not a long term resident.

I think trading or selling it to someone else with a similar need might be a decent option.

 

[Backreefing]

I’ve tried (not recently) the yellow tangs twice.
I’ve tried the mimic tang about 2 years ago.
I’ve tried the Kole tang , lasted a few months.
I’ve tried one other , the name I can’t recall.
Here is before ( months ago and not long after manually removing hair algae) and one photo tonight.

 

[kevgib67]

I’m convinced these may be the best cuc for hair algae. It cleared my son’s 55g in about 3 weeks. It’s now been in my tank for a few days, I’m hoping he’ll need it back after it’s done in my tank.

 

[kevgib67]

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[Backreefing]

I agree , they tear through hair algae like nothing else.

 

[Doctor Derp]

I have the worst luck with these guys. My latest went and found a gyre to commit ritual sudoku this morning.

 

[Boehmtown]

This way my favorite aquarium creature of all time. I can't recommend them enough, if you have tons of hair algae. Or have the patience to feed them

 

[Backreefing]

Update its well into the new year and the sea hare is still hanging in there.
I’m still feeding him half or a full sheet of nori everyday, rubber banded to a rock .