Long GHA?

[AC1211]

GHA keeps on coming back in the same part of my tank. I have a yellow tang and a kole tang and I manually remove it but it isn't getting much better. I have a large clean up crew and only hair algae is surviving. Parameters are fine I just want to know what eats the long hair algae strands will a laenmower blenny or urchins work?

 

[Sosuke]

GHA keeps on coming back in the same part of my tank. I have a yellow tang and a kole tang and I manually remove it but it isn't getting much better. I have a large clean up crew and only hair algae is surviving. Parameters are fine I just want to know what eats the long hair algae strands will a laenmower blenny or urchins work?

What size is your tank?

 

[45ZoaGarden]

Lmb’s probably won’t touch it. Id get a tuxedo urchin and some emerald crabs.

 

[Sosuke]

Lmb’s probably won’t touch it. Id get a tuxedo urchin and some emerald crabs.

+1 on urchin emerald crabs could potentially pick at corals though

 

[45ZoaGarden]

+1 on urchin emerald crabs could potentially pick at corals though

Emerald crabs are slow and easy to catch if that starts happening

 

[AC1211]

I have emeralds already 3 in a 60g.

 

[45ZoaGarden]

Get an urchin!

 

[Phil D.]

Hydrogen Peroxide, 1ml per 10g will wipe it out in a few weeks.

 

[Dipan Desai]

+1 try the Hydrogen Peroxide as Phil stated above.

 

[Jeeperz]

Hydrogen peroxide did nothing for my GHA at double that dose for over a month. I also think it killed my cleaner shrimp as someone on here let me know about possible issues there. Now I pluck it every week.

 

[ScottR]

To be honest, you have to get lucky with something that eats the exact type of GHA you have. A tang may or may not eat it. And urchin might or might not. I find urchins have a hard time accessing certain spots. I used vibrant with some success.

 

[Garrett0606]

I had a larger urchin in my tank but moved him to one of my others and got three baby urchins and they do a amazing job. I got a halloween a tuxedo and a diadema urchin. All really small and jeep my rocks sparkly.