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Originally Posted by Gorilla Stoo

So I've had a bad hair algae problem for a while now (as many people do). I've tried just about everything to fix the problem, except a sledge hammer. But before I do that, everyone seems to talk up Sea Hares. "They are voracious algae eating machines!" "My tank was wiped clean in 3 days!" etc.

Thus, I got one a few days ago and all I've seem it do is avoid the algae. It will slide around the rocks, fall off the glass and parachute to the bottom, but never touch the delicious hair algae. What the heck? I feel like nothing on the planet eats hair algae and anything that claims to is really just snake oil. Should I be worried the Sea Hare will die from starvation and release more toxins into my already toxic water?

-Frustrated Hack

P.S. I use RO filtered water, my nitrates and phosphates are now negligible, but were higher previously. Obviously that would have caused an algae bloom, but still, come on! Something eats this stuff right? How about chlorine?

Keep a close eye on the sea slug, they will die, even if they do eat. They will crash the tank if not removed promptly. See my response to map to address the algae problem.