The best Nitrate reducers?

Macroalgae is helpful
water changes, can't go very wrong with doing that
how bout Kent or Seachem nitrate sponge?
what about little neck clams?
what else?



I have been battling a bad hair algae problem for over a month. 150 gallon with a few soft corals Clean up crew: 150 turbo snails, 3 emerald crabs, 2 brittle stars, 50 red scarlet hermits, 2 urchins, a handful of chataeomorpha, 1 black sail blenny, 1 lawn mower blenny, 2 yellow tangs, and a foxface, that a cleaner crew, plus 2 more fish. I am going to add 5 little neck clams tomorrow I have heard people have luck with them lowering nitrates.

Thanks all

yea everyone says not to, I'm still kind of old school and not convinced. what should I replace them with? rock rumble would make any difference, unless you know for sure most of it is alive. is there anything else?