which fish

[tankjunky]

i need some help. which fish will stay small and eat lots of hair algae. about 7inch. for the max size of the fish. Thanks.

 

[sostoudt]

you could try a tang like a yellow eye(this type is supposedly suppose to eat it) or a blenny. or for inverts hermits or a sea hare

 

[BangkokMatt]

If this is for your 20g I wouldn't recommend any 7 inch fish let alone a tang.
I would recommend plenty of water changes, less feeding and adding a fuge. That will get rid of your HA.

 

[Dizzle63]

Has anyone else found zebra turbo snails to eat hair algae?

 

[BangkokMatt]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12488562#post12488562 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dizzle63
Has anyone else found zebra turbo snails to eat hair algae?

Unkown to me

 

[tankjunky]

i have an 80g tank now so a tang would be fine

 

[tankjunky]

i also just ordered a yellow eye kole tang. i just wanted to make sure it would eat the hair algae

 

[Blazer88]

I wouldn't expect it to. I had a Kole for almost a year and it would never touch the stuff. It only grazed on the rocks and ignored any HA. Good luck with it though.

 

[saltwater4life1]

I bought a emerald crab and a Mexican turbo snail and it ate all of my HA in about a week and before that i was filling a 16oz. cup at less once a week of the stuff...
Anyways i never heard of a kole eating HA... but goodluck!


Nick

 

[phaedraeos]

I bought a Foxfaced Lo for just that purpose and he ANNIHILATED my hair algae in less than a week.

 

[tankjunky]

thanks everybody, im probly going to get some snails, and more emerald crabs, not to sure about the fox face, i dont want him to kill my bicolor if it gets territorial with it.

 

[tankjunky]

would a yellow tang be good

 

[Blazer88]

Any of the algae eaters are going to be hit or miss, nothing is a sure thing. Your best bet is to lower your nutrients.

 

[tankjunky]

ok, i just did a 20g water change and sucked some of it out, it just seems like the more i pull out the worse it gets. Anyway, im gunna try some type of algae eating fish. I deffinatly need more snails tho.

 

[rachenbrazil]

if true hair alge (not derbresia for ex) you can add rainford gobie as it will need HA to survive long term

 

[N0okie]

How about a sea hare? I think those are pretty good HA eaters. Just make sure that you have enough HA for them to survive or give them away/sell/trade them when the algae is gone.

 

[tankjunky]

I was thinking bout that but my lfs will onlygive me 25% of the resale. Its the only one that isnt realy far away. Unless somebody would be willing to take the sea hair from here when its all pau.