rdang
Reefing newb
i know the pic sucks but what is this?
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Bifferwine
I am a girl
Hair algae.
KidJ57
Struggling Reef Addict
Am I seeing things or are those bulbs at the tips? Or is there just something really reflective on the rock showing through?
rdang
Reefing newb
those are probably hydroids lol
rdang
Reefing newb
how come my hermits wont eat it, they eat the little stuff?
KidJ57
Struggling Reef Addict
it's probably too much for them...do you have a tang or anything like that in there? I could see my yellow tang going to town on that stuff
rdang
Reefing newb
id love to have a tang but i got a 29
rdang
Reefing newb
no they are starving! they just wont eat it!
KidJ57
Struggling Reef Addict
my hermit has never really been an algae eater, he's more of a :pooh: and meat (snail, shrimp, whatever) eater. Maybe if you scrapped the algae on to the substrate they might be more inclined to eat it. They do seem to like to clean the sand; that's actually why I got my hermit, to eat the left over pellets that my fish wouldn't eat and then would end up on the sand. Not that you should feed your fish pellets or feed them more than they can eat :mrgreen:. You could try to get some margarita snails or another snail with similar or slightly larger shells than your crabs and watch them attack the snails :evil!?!?:; make 'em work for that food :fechten2:
rdang
Reefing newb
im not getting anything, if they dont eat it then its down the toilet :pooh: :death:
KidJ57
Struggling Reef Addict
sounds like a plan, and with that; they'll find something to eat...they're hermits...scavengers, they'll find something
Bifferwine
I am a girl
You should just pull that off by hand... Does it have bulbs at the tips?
dcantucson
Reef pro
How 'bout a Sea Hare?
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
if manual removal does not work i would recommend getting a tuxedo urchin. they will eat algae very well.
cthegame
Reef enthusiast
I agree with the manual removal
KidJ57
Struggling Reef Addict
Unless there's a bunch of other algae too, I wouldn't suggest it
rdang
Reefing newb
thanx everyone, i dont have much of it, so ill go with manual removal for now. i dont have any turbo snails yet, maybe one a dem would find it a satisfying snack. :shock: :helm2: :bowdown: :question: :D :bounce:
project5k
Reef enthusiast
actually i would think that you wouldnt want them to find it satisfying.. perhaps it would be better to hope that they find it to be like how i find chinese food, great while your eating it, but as soon as you stop, your hungry again.
rdang
Reefing newb
lol yeah true
eat eat eat :helm2:
eat eat eat :helm2:
Melosu58
Reef enthusiast
If it is algea (hard to tell by the pic) Then you`ll need a great algea battle plan Read this.
FantasyReef Databases-Viewing item "10 Step Plan for Nuisance Algae Control"
FantasyReef Databases-Viewing item "10 Step Plan for Nuisance Algae Control"
