what eats green algae but doesn't eat corallines?
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joflo- Posts : 101
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bvysochin- Posts : 86
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green film algae? green slime? green coralline? green hair algae? green bryopsis? green bubble algae?
Lots of green algaes..
Emeralds are great for bubble algae.. various snails are good for the green film algae.. urchins love coralline, including green coralline, and we've had luck with them eating bryopsis as well..
Lots of green algaes..
Emeralds are great for bubble algae.. various snails are good for the green film algae.. urchins love coralline, including green coralline, and we've had luck with them eating bryopsis as well.. 
dwolson2- Admin
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Hair algea can be from high phosphates, and can be removed by chaeto. Removed is a bad word, after you scrape it off, if the chaeto can handle the phosphates then the algea will grow back, but at an extremely slow rate. Plus chaeto is free... Ish
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I can only think of 2 that eat coralline, asterina stars and urchins.
Sandman- Charter Member
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I had a hairy red leg crab that had an appetite for coralline. I watched it take chuncks off the rocks.
joflo- Posts : 101
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Like my coralines, don't want them eaten. Anything exclusive that eat green macroalgaes that won't consume coraline?
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NanoReefer- Posts : 42
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not sure what size tank you have but a foxface or yellow tang do a great job.