Which fish can help to control this algae?

[puks]

Hi guys,

I have 260 gal tank

- Cleaner shrimps
- Blood shrimps
- Scopas tang
- Porcupine Puffer
- Blue Spotted Puffer
- Snowflake eel
- Trochus snails

Planning to add later:
- Naso tang
- Japanese Swallowtail Angelfish
- Blue Throat Triggerfish (pair)
- Zebra eel
- Emperor Angelfish (haven't decided yet)

3 XR30W Radion lights 2nd generation set to 15% brightness

Vertex Alpha 270 skimmer​

I'm looking for a way to control the algae (see the photo). I guess it's green hair one and think that FoxFace might help.

Thanks for the advises.

 

[Noah_Reefing]

like 5 urchins

 

[Noah_Reefing]

Fts cause that algae looks cool. a foxface will help, its basically just an in tank ats if it doesnt hurt your stuff i would keep it

 

[puks]

It's growing faster than I'd like to see.

 

[JohnL]

Is that bryopsis? If so, most fish won't eat it.

 

[lejae75]

I had something similar growing in my tank. Majestic fox face cleaned it all up in like a week.

 

[Paul B]

No fish will control that. A manatee would eat it.



In lieu of that, you need an algae scrubber which you can build for about a buck.

 

[PeeperKeeper]

What are your tank parameters? Especially nitrate & phosphate? Hair algae is the bane of many reef tanks’ existence. Finding something that eats it might help, but it’s more a sign of too many nutrients in the water so fixing that would be more effective. An algae scrubber would be a great option but would take some time to fix the problem. I would get one started, but meanwhile multiple moderate water changes would probably be your best bet.