I’m not one of those fish keepers that overfeeds. You know the type; “Hey want to see my fish eat?” or ” Oops, that little guy didn’t get enough. I’ll have to feed more!” Still, with anthias and tangs in the tank, I need to feed a lot. Eventually, excessive nutrients end up accumulating and cause algae problems. Although my skimmer skims the crap out of the water (literally), buildup happens on the bottom of my tank. Also the lack of a sizable cleanup crew allows for hair algae to start growing fast! Enter Stage right, the Sea Hare. This crazy looking slug is basically a snail without the shell. It’s so ugly, I’m actually afraid to touch it. It’s got holes all over it and moves surprising fast. I find myself looking for this thing ever time I look at the tank. I’m totally captivated by the creature made from middle earth.
It’s been a week and although this thing is eating constantly, I’m not seeing much of a difference. In the meantime, it’s time to get a bunch of snails and hermit crabs to hopefully fight the good fight. Only time will tell…
November 27th, 2009
Have you thought about trying a phosban reactor? I just picked up one today as part of my LFS’s black friday sale. I have a minor algae problem and I’m trying to stop it from becoming a major one.
I’m scared to try a sea hare for fear of it dying and poisoning the tank.
Jerry
November 28th, 2009
Jerry
I’ve used Phosban in the past, but with this tank, I’ve been dosing Zeovit and Prodibio. The tank has improved greatly from this picture. I also just recently dosed algaefix marine and it looks like it’s working great, along w/ the sea hare. I’m also adding more liverock for added biological filtration. To date, most of the hair algae is go, just clumps of manageable leafy algae remains.
February 15th, 2010
this thing works great ,in just two weeks it has cleaned about 70 % algae off the rocks