hardest working Tang

[m0nkie]

Hey guys. I'm looking for a tang to help solve some algae issue. Want to know what's the best algae eating Tang?

I don't care for looks or prices. I was told yellow tang is one of the best. I seem to recall bristle tooth tang being the best. What do you think?

going into a 100gal temporarily.. he will be put into a 250gal after. Or I'll give him away for free. Either way, I know this is not a permanent solution. the tang is only part of my overall solution to this massive algae out break.

thanks!

I already have a foxface and a lawnmower blenny inside. These guys are so fat, but not as effective as I thought

 

[tc2007]

Are you trying to lower phosphates? Your signature shows 0.02 but high amounts of algae mean higher phosphates. Maybe not coming up on your tests.

 

[m0nkie]

Are you trying to lower phosphates? Your signature shows 0.02 but high amounts of algae mean higher phosphates. Maybe not coming up on your tests.

I had a crash in 1 of my tanks during vacation. Its about 70% covered in algae after the crash. I have increased GFO, started manual scrubbing, increased water change. 1 TDS. Installed an algae scrubber.

Now im looking for a few natural things to help. Put in 2 urchins. The sea hare keeps dying.. i think a tang will help temporarily

 

[ReefWreak]

Depends what type of algae. Bristle tooth tangs (I had a tomini before) are great at close, rough algaes. My sailfin tang always ate any fleshy green algae, including bubble algae.

A foxface should get any algae that most of the tang family will eat... So if he won't eat it, it'll be just as much of a crapshoot for new tangs to eat it as well.

 

[m0nkie]

hair algae.. sometimes they look kinda mossy.. I also have this lighter, tanner type of soft hair algae.. I see the foxface and blenny picking at the rocks. Just not enough I guess

 

[Reeferz412]

I love my Desjardini and Scopas. They both destroy any algae that enters the tank. I have no bubble or hair algae. They also take out any dead polyps from my zoas. I take on a lot of rescues ridden with algaes and dead polyps, and these guys keep the corals and eggcrate algae free.

 

[horseplay]

Convict tang beats them all when it comes to algae grazing. And I have two in a 105g minimum aggression because they spend all the time grazing.

 

[Joke]

Since u dont care on the price go with a gem tang.
Heh Heh

 

[johnike]

I love my Desjardini and Scopas. They both destroy any algae that enters the tank. I have no bubble or hair algae. They also take out any dead polyps from my zoas. I take on a lot of rescues ridden with algaes and dead polyps, and these guys keep the corals and eggcrate algae free.

Agree 100%
:thumbsup:

 

[jbvdhp]

Since u dont care on the price go with a gem tang.
Heh Heh

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[tassod]

In my tank its a chevron hands down, cleaned up the whole tank in a just a couple of weeks and i also have 5 yellow tangs and they dont even come close to what he does.

 

[nuttyd]

had caught some wild convict tangs a while back and they destroyed the hair algae in my tank rather quickly.

 

[Diana A]

Since u dont care on the price go with a gem tang.
Heh Heh

and when you're done with it, i can care for it:ape:

 

[m0nkie]

so it comes down to Convict, some type of Bristletooth or Desjardini

I wish gem tangs work.. I find Zebrasoma not as effective? I have a purple tang in one of my tanks. healthy as ever, but algae grows without issue. Urchins work harder than Ptang.

 

[m0nkie]

leaning toward either a Convict or any Bristletooth I see first in store.. the Bristletooth seem smaller and more fitting in a 100gal

 

[hotelbravo]

My red sea sailfin tang has demolished all algae in the tank. i used to have hair algae everywhere but since adding the sailfin i literally cannot see a single strand of hair algae that isnt deep in a crack the sailfin cannot reach. best buy ever.

 

[jbvdhp]

In my tank its a chevron hands down, cleaned up the whole tank in a just a couple of weeks and i also have 5 yellow tangs and they dont even come close to what he does.

I'll agree with this. My adult chevron works hard but I'm not sure he eats like longer algae/hair algae. He grazes and rasps at rocks all day compared to my other tangs. He eats nori like crazy so maybe I just haven't witnessed it eating longer/sturdier algae?


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[GimpyFin]

so it comes down to Convict, some type of Bristletooth or Desjardini

I wish gem tangs work.. I find Zebrasoma not as effective? I have a purple tang in one of my tanks. healthy as ever, but algae grows without issue. Urchins work harder than Ptang.

My purple is the same way. He eats everything under the sun and will murder the seaweed clip, but won't touch hair algae.

 

[TipSeaReefer]

my yellow tang picks at some algae but nothing compared to my bristletooth kole tang.

I had a pretty bad film algae problem on my rocks and its completely gone now after getting the kole tang.

 

[IkeG]

I have a bristle tooth Kole tang, and he's a hard worker, however they are more so grazers so he can't remove the big stuff, but does a good job of removing the stuff that is just starting to grow. I'm going to follow this thread for some advice as well, although thank God I don't have an algae problem. I run GFO and a sulfur reactor so my nutrient level is really low.

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