Spanky
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- Dec 9, 2012
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i hear these sea stars love hair algea true or false? I have a 24 gallon jbj biocube that well might be slightly to close to a window an i have been fighting hair algea on the glass since january. I know simple answer is move the tank however I got a pretty major issue with that. Issue with moving the tank is my balance sucks due to cerebal palsy so i don't want to risk dropping the tank the weight of it when it was completely empty I almost dropped it trying to remove from my car. I had to call my uncle to come help me move the tank because it threw my balance off so much. However here comes issue number 2 on moving it my uncle has passed on and is now looking up from bellow. Only option I really have is to get a crew in there to get it under control so far i have a cuc from reefs2go in there well bout 20-25% of that crew most were doa. didn't put a dent in algea 60 days after that crew i added a crew from reef cleaners the full crew was great more then i ordered all alive. they got the rocks looking great but still scrapping regulary off glass an the back part of tank tons of hair algea. after moth of the last cuc I added a lawn mower blenny there for awhile he did great mowed it down glass was clear tank looked great. However that sucker quit eating Algea he however is healthy infact very healthy everytime i throw in freeze dried mysis shrimp or pellets in tank to feed the pair of fancy ocellaris an the bangaii cardinal he goes crazy and eats well he even eats flake food. I seen this star at liveaquaria and said there if not sufficient algea in tank i can supplement flake food for sea star would this work? will this star eat hair algea any ideas?