Any hair algae eater?

**shaman** · 24th Oct 2005, 09:57

As above. Please advice

**|squee|** · 24th Oct 2005, 10:28

Yamato shrimp.

**andrewtyr** · 24th Oct 2005, 10:29

SAE, fast and furious

**barmby** · 24th Oct 2005, 23:10

Hair algae = Yamato has been a top choice

SAE = yes and no. When they are mature and fat, they like algae wafer instead

**reebok4190** · 30th Oct 2005, 12:46

they do a great job too in numbers.. but not efficient as Yamatos..though

**sonique** · 1st Nov 2005, 07:58

pencil fish helps too....

**kemp** · 4th Dec 2005, 21:13

SAE and yamatos...heard a hair algae 2 days ago..put them both in...and it's cleared in a day!

**brianclaw** · 5th Dec 2005, 00:03

I've heard Black Mollies will do the job too and remove the film that developes on the water's surface... Just added 1 Black Molly to my tank, sure enough, he's cleared the surface film, got to wait 'til tomorrow to see if he'll do anything about the hair algae though...

**juggler** · 5th Dec 2005, 02:17

Yamato gets my vote too. They are most useful when the hair algae is growing among mosses and physical algae removal is as good as throwing away the moss...

**cawanmushi** · 5th Dec 2005, 17:19

my vote go for yamato too. clear my 1ft tank just by a day

**Laconic** · 5th Dec 2005, 23:34

Yamamtos are the best IMHO.

**ccs** · 7th Dec 2005, 19:42

For a 4 feet how many yamatos to get the job done?

**kemp** · 8th Dec 2005, 11:57

maybe between 5-10
depends hw fast you want them to clear

Originally Posted by ccs

For a 4 feet how many yamatos to get the job done?

**benny** · 8th Dec 2005, 12:03

I used to have 160 yamato shrimps in my 5 ft tank. They love algae - alage wafers that is.

Cheers,

**barmby** · 9th Dec 2005, 01:11

WAtch it. Yamato shrimps cant keep alot. They will go for the plants if they do not have enough algae.

**FishFan** · 9th Dec 2005, 23:27

Agree with barmby, they once went for the leaves of my hygrophilia difformis as there were too many of them and too little algae.

**friend688** · 13th Dec 2005, 10:12

Hi All,

This may come too late. But Good Info to tackle hair algae. Use a fish call "American Flag". Actual name don't know.

Rdgs
friend688

**diki** · 13th Dec 2005, 12:55

I also have this hair algae problem often since I leave my plants beside the window. However, whenever this problem occurs, I would place the hair algae infested plant into my 1 ft Malayan shrimp tank and they does the job pretty well too. But usually I don't feed them when I need them to work their wonders. After they cleaned up the plant, then I take it out. Works for me though.

Yamotos are good but too agressive for my liking.