What's a good fish for a frag tank?

[cbrennan4]

I've had my frag tank set up for a few weeks now and am starting to notice some algae growth on some of the frags. The tank is only about 6-7in tall and I wanted to see if anyone had any good recommendations of a fish I could put in there to help with algae maintenance? Currently I have a 6-line wrasse, blue leg hermits, and some cerith snails. Would something like an algae blenny be a good choice?

 

[K3nnyG]

Algea blenny would be great.

 

[Dapg8gt]

Yeah I agree lawnmower blenny but they do get fairly large or just a variety of snails and baby hermits. Different snails eat different algae so variety is better imo.

Also what I do with frags is dip the plugs in full strength peroxide. Making sure to not touch the coral with it and it works great. I use a syringe and apply it also in target spots.

 

[cbrennan4]

Thanks guys for the help. I think I might pick up a small lawnmower blenny and a few more snails. I guess I'm just used to that 'clean frag plug look' from the 3 tangs in my main system that graze on the plugs haha.

 

[K3nnyG]

How big is the frag tank?

 

[cbrennan4]

I believe it's 36” (wide) x 18” (deep) x 7” (high)

 

[AMAYEU]

I would do... sixline, lawnmower, copperband (if you can pull it off), a few blue hermits (do not like that they sometimes pull zoa polyps after gluing) and more than normal amount of mexican turbos.

 

[zeroinverse]

Emerald crab?