View Full Version : what to get , to eat green algae
marinerules
07/09/2006, 08:19 PM
i have hard green algae gorowin on my lfie rocks, whenever my shortspine sea urchin eats some of it off the rocks, you can see purple coralline algae underneat, however it grows back ,
i have 4 large turbo snails
maybe I need to get some more and different kinds of urchins
xtrstangx
07/09/2006, 08:27 PM
Try some Cerith snails?
hahnmeister
07/09/2006, 08:50 PM
Astrae turbos, emerald mithrax crabs, and a yellow tang (if your tank is large enough). Also, lawnmower/bicolor/black/etc. blennies.
marinerules
07/09/2006, 08:51 PM
yeah ive never had those
well i take that back , i had 3 once upon a time loo , but they were never out, unless they come out at night time
know of a good place to get some online ?
scubasteve247
07/09/2006, 10:25 PM
if you can get them, the best thing is sea hares, possibly a dwarf or saddel back. they are amazing algea eaters, but only start of with one. the probelm with them, is that you can starve them to death, lol. im surprised more people dont know/ use them,
also those species dont polute/toxify your tank when they stress or die.
Serioussnaps
07/10/2006, 03:14 PM
different variety of snails
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