cealning algea off sand?

[lziarek]

recently I have had some algea growth on my sand, which has been kept in check with a clean up crew until I upgraded my lights. My question is what should I expand my cleaning crew with to deal with algea on the sand? The lfs does not have fighting conches so those are not an option... I am thinking of getting a sand sifting starfish and 2 gobies, any suggestions are always appreciated! (ps: i have a powder blue tang and two ocellaris clowns as my live stock currently)

 

[Mermaid]

snails!! cerith snails or bumble bee snails are good for sand clean up.
good luck,
mermaid

 

[steve-s]

Cerith is a good snail but I don't think you'll have much luck with bumblebee's. They are primarily detritus and carion and not much good for algae. Nassarius would also be an option.

Cheers
Steve

 

[lziarek]

interestingly enough the algea was mostly gone when I got back from work, so ill just see how things progress from here on out

 

[Guest]

i have the same problem i have this i think is brown algae growing on my sand