New fish for controlling GHA

[Sdot]

Sea Hare?

I 2nd this...they work really well. Too well in most cases.

 

[Roachbeef19]

How about a nice urchin? They are algae killers

 

[Roachbeef19]

Your best bet to have anything eat it is to rip out what you can. They all tend to do better eating it when it's not long in length

 

[PaddSter]

I did consider urchins the one mentioned on 1st page. My LFS hasn't got ATM so just went for emerald crabs for now.

 

[Sdot]

get a foxface. Trade him in if he gets to big. They are great with algae.

Be careful with certain foxfaces... the will nip/ eat corals.

 

[PaddSter]

Be careful with certain foxfaces... the will nip/ eat corals.

This danger goes with nearly everything
That's why reefing is so much fun

 

[WiscoFishNut]

I did consider urchins the one mentioned on 1st page. My LFS hasn't got ATM so just went for emerald crabs for now.

Keep an eye on those emerald crabs. I just had to move my male emerald crab to the QT because he decided he was tired of normal food and started attacking corals instead :mad:

 

[Sdot]

This danger goes with nearly everything
That's why reefing is so much fun

Sure! However somethings are more common knowledge than others. Like emerald craps will attack corals, however ive never heard of cleaner shrimps exhibiting that same behavior. ‍♂

 

[ADAM]

I would consider some inverts or CUC before a fish. A single fish would have to be a huge glutton to make a dent in a moderately overgrown GHA situation.
I had been thru the ringer on my sons tank with GHA. About 2 weeks ago I ordered another CUC and 80% of the GHA is gone. There was already many of these species in the tank but for some reason the new CUC gang has done the best compared to Rowaphos, Phosban, trying different foods, and cutting feeding back by 75%.
The only other change within the last couple months was the addition of a Bubble Magus filter roller. Which versus previous filter floss or socks in the sump has helped with lowering NO3 and PO4 noticeably.
Sons tank is a 65 with Trigger 26” sump. The clean up crew had the following. I substituted other snails and hermits in place of the onyx nassarius.

Astraea Snails​			16
Nerite Snails​			22
Margarita Snails​			22
Turbo Snails​			6
(Onyx Nass) Substituted for other hermits and snails​			30
Red Leg Reef Hermit Crabs​			22
Blue Leg Hermit Crabs​			22
Emerald Crabs​			2

 

[SudzFD]

Sea Hare?

Sea hare will take care of it all. It will be gone in 1-2 weeks.

You May need to regime him after so he doesn’t starve

 

[bam123]

I would consider some inverts or CUC before a fish. A single fish would have to be a huge glutton to make a dent in a moderately overgrown GHA situation.
I had been thru the ringer on my sons tank with GHA. About 2 weeks ago I ordered another CUC and 80% of the GHA is gone. There was already many of these species in the tank but for some reason the new CUC gang has done the best compared to Rowaphos, Phosban, trying different foods, and cutting feeding back by 75%.
The only other change within the last couple months was the addition of a Bubble Magus filter roller. Which versus previous filter floss or socks in the sump has helped with lowering NO3 and PO4 noticeably.
Sons tank is a 65 with Trigger 26” sump. The clean up crew had the following. I substituted other snails and hermits in place of the onyx nassarius.

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Astraea Snails​			16
Nerite Snails​			22
Margarita Snails​			22
Turbo Snails​			6
(Onyx Nass) Substituted for other hermits and snails​			30
Red Leg Reef Hermit Crabs​			22
Blue Leg Hermit Crabs​			22
Emerald Crabs​			2

Astrea snails flip and die creating more algae. AVOID at all costs

 

[Daddy-o]

How about a nice urchin? They are algae killers

At my house they are frag killers

 

[Mburns11]

Astrea snails flip and die creating more algae. AVOID at all costs

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Sea hare will take care of it all. It will be gone in 1-2 weeks.

You May need to regime him after so he doesn’t starve

Love my sea hare Turbo, I do feed him nori often bc he keeps down the algae from my heavy feedings.

 

[bam123]

Even better, get an really large algae scrubber to greatly reduce what caused the problem to begin with. I love sea hares, but they almost always find a way to die in a powerhead!!!!!