What fish do I get that will eat this

[dynamictank]

Y is this hair algae growing I use ro water
Also I wanna get a fish that will def eat this I also have aptasia I here a certain filefish eats it anyone have any experience with this rumor?

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[D1J8Z]

sea hare or start dosing mag and start pulling it off

If you dont have any fish that will eat peppermint shrimp I suggest them for aptasia control

 

[spacenyc]

hermits and astera snails

my tank was covered in it, tried many types of fish none worked. hermits and snails did the trick

 

[JimmyR1rider]

I had a sea hare it it didnt touch my green hair algae. That - a yellow tang- this fish- that fish- theyre all hit and miss you may get lucky you may waste your time and wind up with a sea hare that is then hard to keep alive that didnt help your tank.. Get your parameters back in line and keep up with your maintenance hard core and youll beat it. Try running a GFO reactor if you dont already as well as carbon to further polish your water. Change it often and do frequent water changes instead of trying to rely on an animal to possibly solve your problem. Good luck with it.

 

[Bob 1000]

Good luck finding anything to eat that.. and Mag is good for that devils hair hair algae not the regular stuff that is in your picture.
You could also try the better water quality approach..

 

[Imbarrie]

+1 I would not recommend adjusting Mag levels for algae problems. That is more a water quality issue.
GFO would be a better place to start.

 

[MGR201]

my tank was covered in it, tried many types of fish none worked. hermits and snails did the trick

+1 on the astrea snails and hermit crabs. Also, some urchins will eat hair algae. However, the root cause is probably water chemistry and too many nutrients in your system.

 

[dynamictank]

Could it be my skimmer not skimming enough or correctly


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[e.muehlbauer]

In my 12+ years of reef keeping, I have found only one animal that eats hair algae- the banded bullet goby...Amblygobius phalaena.. However, while they eat it, they get no nourishment from it. In my long ago hair algae days, I tried one. It ate algae all day long....and wasted away, dying of starvation. On top of that, it never had a noticeable impact on the algae.