nano macro algea eater?

[Bigmike]

Some culerpa macro algea got into my main tank which is only 12 gallons, is there any small fish or invert that would eat it for me?

 

[kass03]

Can't you just pull it out?

kass

 

[Bigmike]

When it grows in between rocks it is next to impossible to just "pick out" I need something that feeds on it. Someone at a LFS told me an abolne might eat it? Is this true?

 

[cyenna]

um, i've noticed my emerald crab munching on cheato (a macro algea).

 

[Break122704]

yellow tangs do also but not much

 

[madnav87]

sally lightfoot crab maybe, possibly a nudibranch

 

[ENraged]

I have some red macro gowning out of a rock and i have seen the emerald pick at it once so far but he didn't continue to go after it he moved on.
If you are referring to a green Abalone i believe they are prove hair algae eaters and that about it. I am not 100% certain on those though.

 

[Tihsho]

Lettuce Nudibranchs decimate the stuff over a week or so.

 

[Bigmike]

ok cool, I thought about the lettuce nudis but didnt really know, I will give them a try. Thanks everyone!

 

[kass03]

Abalones are pretty big for a nano and would knock alot of stuff over. I had one for a long time in my 150.
Mine ate the brown diatom algae though not macro.

A lettuce nidi might climb into the sump but you could try one.
My turbo likes to do that when I have the lid cracked open for heat.

kass