Delphinus |
02-11-2008 07:05 AM |
It's weird but they seem to eventually get there and meet their fate. I had seahares that would go on the powerhead intake strainers all the time to no ill effect. And yet, a year in or so, would meet their match on a powerhead intake. Why would it be OK sometimes and not others?
The hands-down best trick I've found for problem algae is boiling water. Squirt some on the algae (pumps and powerheads off for this), it disintegrates within a couple days. Works for valonia too it would seem.
I've got a seahare right now that I was hoping would go after some bryopsis I've got growing on some clam shells. I'm not going to try the boiling water trick on my clams. :eek: But alas, the seahare is not going after it. Sometimes they are a silver bullet for filamentous algae .... but apparently not always. :neutral:
The longest lived seahares I had were ones that I was able to train onto offered food (like broken up algae wafers). I had to hold the food right in front of them though. Otherwise they just walk on by. They're not the brightest tack in the toolbox. :lol: But once onto that, they took a liking to nori (which I feed everyday for my fish anyhow). Those were the ones that lived the longest, the longest I ever had was around 2 years or so. The ones that never did take to offered food though, never lasted more than a couple of months for me.
Anyhow I just share this last info in the hopes it's helpful to someone. My $0.02 basically. And that, coupled with two pennies .. gives you .. um .. not quite enough for a double-double at Timmies. :lol: But hey, I offer it nonetheless. :)
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