"furry" rocks - Best cleaner?

[Jamesurq]

My rocks are, for lack of a better term, furry.

the "fur" is dark greenish and doesn't seem to be growing, just kinda there..

I've been meaning to refresh my cleanup crew and was contemplating a few more hermits to help with this....

Anyone recommend what would be my best bet in getting this stuff eaten?

[SeanT]

ummm...sounds like hair algae James.

[Jamesurq]

nope. I've got that in my bad algae tank and I had it in AMAZING quantities in my tank right after my cycle. Looks nothing like hair algae. I've got tangs and a LMB and they don't touch it. They all ripped the little hair I used to have to shreads...

But then again - it may be a different strain.... So what do you reccommend?

[moongibbon]

I have the same problem of furry rocks and have put in some large turbo snails these fellas eat all night and appear to be doing the trick. i found that if the glass is clean they tend to stick to the rocks...

[Tennsquire]

Critters (snails and [gasp] maybe some scarlet hermits). That, and time. I had a mini plague of that shiny brown wafer algae that kinda plates and makes fronds. I'd remove it, it'd come back. I noticed last night that it had all but disappeared and a hermit was finishing off the last little patch. Most stuff like that will burn itself out over time, assuming your tank husbandry practices are sound. I also keep the pH and the alk high, and I drip lots of kalk. Now, I just have to get my remaining patches of macro algae under control.....

[ri]

Are there any little air-bubbles trapped in the "fur"? This happens on some of my rock. I've been told it is dinoflagellates.

[Jamesurq]

bubbles? Not so that you'd notice. Maybe a few - but not a product of this stuff. It seems to be dead, just kinda there.