help! algae on seahorses!

[herp_mommy]

I've encountered my first problem with my dwarf seahorses, there's algae growing on them! I'm afraid it's interfering with their fins and it's slowing them down. How do I get rid of this? I'm cleaning out the tank right now, putting the horses into a white bowl. Should I remove the algae manually from them? What's the best way to solve this?

 

[herp_mommy]

they seem to be using their tails to remove some of it, i'm helping them along with a qtip but i don't want to stress them too much

 

[David S]

this is quite a natural thing to happen,try dimming the light slightly,if the algae gets to bad use a pippette to remove some off them carefully.I,ve heard some people using mollies to help remove the algae.(yes brackish mollies)

 

[herp_mommy]

The mollies would be way too big for the dwarfs. I manually removed the algae with my fingers and it seemed to work. it was clogging up their fins and covering their eyes