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RioReefr · 03/08/2018, 05:24 PM

I struggled with hair algae, even though my nutrients were in-check.

I got some 200-microns filter socks (changed every 3 days), 10 turbo snails and some NoPox (very small dose). My problem was gone in 1-week !

I had hermit crabs and a yellow tang. The tang would just peck at the algae but not really eat it. The hermit crabs seemed to just come out at night and scavenge for food on the sandbed. They seemed to like the leftover fish food much more than algae.

The turbo snails seem to love the algae, but now I have little white specks (I assume it is their eggs) all over the back-wall. In any case, no more algae issues so I can live in with the white dots.

03/08/2018, 05:24 PM	#16
RioReefr Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Rio de Janeiro Posts: 394	I struggled with hair algae, even though my nutrients were in-check. I got some 200-microns filter socks (changed every 3 days), 10 turbo snails and some NoPox (very small dose). My problem was gone in 1-week ! I had hermit crabs and a yellow tang. The tang would just peck at the algae but not really eat it. The hermit crabs seemed to just come out at night and scavenge for food on the sandbed. They seemed to like the leftover fish food much more than algae. The turbo snails seem to love the algae, but now I have little white specks (I assume it is their eggs) all over the back-wall. In any case, no more algae issues so I can live in with the white dots.