Best snail for algae cleaning

[gene22]

I have a green algae problem on my live rock. It does not appear to be hair algae. Tried a sea hare with no luck. Is there a particular type of snail that will take care of it? Thanks

 

[reefstarter]

get some tiny blue legged hermits , if its short . but if its long and stringy then manual removal will be needed Some will say " dose hydrogen peroxide "I am not a bi fan of doing this to me thats as bad as putting in bleach lol. Once a "crew" is in there you will have to find the source of the nutrients feeding the algae and deplete them . Then you can be rid of the problem .

 

[jokersplayground]

Turbo snails help alot as well

 

[dz6t]

Can you please post a photo of the hair algae? Also how big is your tank?

 

[IPWitan]

I have found that the big MEXICAN turbo snails work exceptional well. They are not the same as the normal turbos. Their negative is that they can get big and move things around. Otherwise, they are nonstop grazing machines. I have 2 in the display and 1 in the sump. That and the tang do most of my algae consumption nowadays.

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[ebattistoni]

Mexican turbos. Amazing. I had red turf algae. They took care of it. I added 6 small ones in a 90. Unfortunately they were so effective they didn't last longer than a few months. But they stayed small. Turbos can be a big as golf balls and will wreak havoc on your aquascape. Now my tangs keep it clean.


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