30 gallon reef tank

[evaneatspie555]

just got a new friend for my tank hes about 2 inch long and hes a lawnmower blennie im exited to watch the alge in my tank disapear. as well i got a true ocil clown about a week ago i am done stocking my tank with fish maybe a few more snails and hermits any suggestions on a cool clean up crew member ??

[evaneatspie555]

as well my two clowns are shimmering at eachother and seem to dart at eachother they are about the same size. is it normal for them to take over a week to establish there dominance?

[evaneatspie555]

well i bought a koralia 750 and installed it not relizing it was over kill it stressed the heck out of one of my clowns who is back to normal my royal dottyback who is in hiding for 3 days and the stress killed my lawnmower blennie. the koralia has been stored for when i set up my 55 gallon tank.i am getting a bit of hari algea and am wondering what kind of critter will munch on that i have an emerald and wasnt sure if that would be a buffet for him. any thought on a hair algea eating critter i could get

[reefwars]

some mexican turbo snails or a sea hare will moe it down but if you go the sea hare route remember that all they eat is hair algae and once its gone they will starve if not rehomed, also they need to be acclimated slowly.

would consider fghting the algae using gfo in a reactor and waterchanges, that will remove phosphate and in return starve the algae.

[evaneatspie555]

ive been doing weekly water changes of about 3 gallons everytime i have that small refugium and the cheato is growing like a weed was thinking of puting some on a rock with fishing line and placing it on sand in display. i will get the snails and when i put them in the tank i will place them on the hair algea area and do that once in a while. is it true that see hare will let out a black liquid like a swuid or am i mistaking it for something else? and is there an easy way to make a gfo reactor diy cheap?