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05-25-2005, 02:44 PM
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Lost Fish
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Avon, Ohio
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Best Long Hair Algae Eater?
What is the best long hair algae eater out there? I have heard scarlet hermits and turbo snails. Is there anything else and are these even good?
Thanks,
Brian
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05-25-2005, 03:46 PM
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Professor Chaos
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sally lightfoot crans and zebra hermits are great. |
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05-25-2005, 03:59 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Montana
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LMB (lawnmower blenny)
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05-25-2005, 04:31 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
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A scrub brush and a bucket of saltwater  Sorry...
Jenn
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Just keep skimming, just keep skimming, just keep skimming, skimming skimming! What do we do? We skim, skim, skim!
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05-25-2005, 04:32 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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I agree with Jenn.
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05-25-2005, 04:43 PM
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Jr. Reef Tank Engineer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Physical removal is always best. Alage eaters definitely help to keep algae under control, but even when you have good algae eaters, the stuff they eat has to end up somwhere 
- Michael
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Originally Posted by JennM
A scrub brush and a bucket of saltwater Sorry...
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58g Oceanic Reef Ready Tank - Est. June '04
12g JBJ Nanocube - Est. April '05
38g FW Planted - Est. July '06
55g L. Malawi - In Progress
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05-25-2005, 05:18 PM
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Erin Gra Mo Chroi
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The "other" part of California.
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Long haired algae eater? Sounds like half of my moms hippie friends!
"like, Dude, did you, like, know that all the food that gets fed to like cows and stuff could feed, like, the whole world, for like, 10 years, or something. Try these seaweed crackers instead."
Scrubbing is probably the way to go. My LMB doesn't touch it, neither do my crabs. Haven't tried inviting my moms friends over yet, they might like it.
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lmb, percula clown, 8(ish) snails, peppermint shrimp,
some zoanthids and mushrooms, and 5 blue leg hermits.
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75g FW community tank (in progress)
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05-25-2005, 06:32 PM
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Wet Sleeves
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Battle Ground, WA
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Rabbitfish (but they require a largish tank).
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05-25-2005, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by JennM
A scrub brush and a bucket of saltwater Sorry...
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A lot faster and guarenteed to work. Unless you have underlying nutrient problems.
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05-25-2005, 09:19 PM
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Needs a BIGGER tank!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Originally Posted by JennM
A scrub brush and a bucket of saltwater Sorry...
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Agreed this is probably the best way. However if you want a natural solution the diadema long spined urchin would be worth a shot. They will eat any type of algae including coraline, and will strip your rock bare.
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05-26-2005, 01:11 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Eugene, OR
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I have two one spot rabbit fish in my tank and they just go mad over the hair algea.
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