Sea hare / Mexican Turbos

[cromwell]

I'm thinking of buying a sea hare to clean up some of the nuisance hair algae in my tank and was just wondering if people could share their experiences of them. I am addressing some of the things that may have caused the hair algae to appear in the first place (upping flow, lowering photoperiod, increasing sump lighting for chaeto etc) but want to deal with the hair algae now and was wondering if a sea hare would do it- I've heard mixed reports of their suitability for putting in tanks. I am aware that it would need to be passed on once the nuisance algea has been dealt with....or can they be kept and fed nori??
I was hoping to get some Mexican turbo snails for the hair algae but nowhere near me (Manchester area) has any in at the moment. I have heard great things about the Mexican turbos so would I be better waiting for them to reappear in the Manchester area? Any experiences of Mexican turbos shared would be helpful too. I have also been advised that Trochus snails would do the same job as Mexican turbos so has anybody got experience of these?
Cheers.
James

[mousehunter22]

Hey give macca a PM he's the man for this kind of advice and he does mail order as well!!!! So as soon as he gets some in he can send you some straight out:D:D:D

[Matthew_gowland]

hi, ive got a big sea hare in my tank and i bought it to get rid of my hair algae. They are good eaters but they have a lot of waste coming from the other end. I havent had it long and most of my hair algae has gone but i also added some urchins to help get rid of other green algae. they have done a great job but i think he out grow the tank very quickley because they just eat and eat.

Hope thats some help