Algea growth

[Flio11]

I have this green hair algea growing on my rocks and my zoos aren't opening up bc of it! It's a 92 gallon corner that's been running for a year! And for some reason I can't keep a tang alive in it if my life depended on it?!?! HELP

 

[howze01]

I have some of the blue leg hermits that do nothing but eat up hair algae that comes up from the frag tank on the frag plugs. I put them in covered at night, when I wake up in the morning they are all clean.

 

[daisy]

Algae growth is dependent on two things - nutrients in the water and light. If you turn off the lights for three days, the algae will die off. Your corals will survive a few days in the dark. Feeding a bit less might also help.

What did you feed the tang(s) when you've had one? What type of tangs have you tried? How have they died (illness/starvation/something else)? What sort of condition were they in when you got them (healthy and eating/starving and sickly)? What else is in the tank?

 

[Flio11]

Ive had two mimic tangs, a Sail fin tang, hippo, and blue tang! All died!! Fine one day dead the next!? And ll over fish survive... I feed them shrimp, flakes, and pellets! Idk y?

 

[daisy]

hmmm... did you provide greens for them? But lack of greens should not have caused overnight death of tangs...

That is odd. I'd give a shout-out to Marrone - he's more of a fish expert. Perhaps a new thread in the fish forum with "help" in the title....