Algae Eating Fish?

[Aspect]

What kind of fish do you have in there that a lawnmower blenny wont work with size??

Sharks, already tested and they find blennies delicious

 

[littlefoxx]

Sharks, already tested and they find blennies delicious

Ooooooh yeah okay no blennies. Didnt know you had sharks!! Maybe try the sea hare still, my dude climbs the glass all the time to eat algae as well as rocks. Its surprising where they get into! They also look like rocks and have a toxin they can release so I dont think a shark would mess with it. Not 100% as I dont have sharks but my dude totally looks like a rock and apart of the aquascape so I would think a shark wouldnt know it was there with how well they camo. But like I said dont keep sharks (wish I did!!) so I could totally be wrong

 

[JayM]

Hermit crabs? Lemonpeel Angel?

 

[Snoopy 67]

Rabbit fish may fit the bill.

 

[Aspect]

Rabbit fish may fit the bill.

Haven't tried Rabbit fish, although aren't foxface very similar or in the same family as them?

 

[Snoopy 67]

I believe so but I've been known to be wrong more than once.

 

[Dom]

Anyone know of an algae destroyer that is not a tang or foxface (All of mine got accustomed to eating Brine, Mysis, Various pellets, Etc so they don't eat algae). Also, it must get larger than 6" in order to survive in my tank, thanks.

Don't feed them. When they get hungry enough, the will rediscover how yummy algae is.

 

[Charles Zinn]

If things are getting bigger than 6 inches in your tank, why not a tang that actually eats algae or a fox face. And obviously any fish you get is going to eat the same thing as the other fish.

Feed less

 

[Aspect]

Feed less

Not an option. Corals are growing well and fish are healthy. Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[Costareefer]

Parrotfish will eat every piece of algae in your tank but…..

 

[Aspect]

Parrotfish will eat every piece of algae in your tank but…..

Coral too?

 

[Costareefer]

Coral too?

It will probably find some coral irresistible

 

[LadAShark]

Coral too?

Not if it's a quoyi, but those have mysteriously short lifespans in aquaria, last I heard. They may still accidentally bite coral if algae is growing on them.

What type of sharks do you have? And what other livestock do you have? If I had to suggest something, I would recommend an algae scrubber and/or some sort of sponge/s. I've had a type of sponge that grew in one of my reefs that exported nutrients exceptionally well, though it is currently declining and I haven't been able to successfully propagate it.

In regards to cleanup crew, being a trigger owner and having wanted to start keeping a reef with cat sharks in it in the past, a lot of my digging has come down to either get clean up crew that's too difficult for them to eat (pencil urchins, chitons), clean up crew that reproduces fast (stomatellas mainly, though I'm sure those wouldn't make it as they're too easy to eat), and finally stuff that is too small for your predators to bother (mostly dwarf ceriths and similar snails).

 

[CoralB]

I have 14 tangs, 2 of which are bristletooth, and 4 foxfaces. None of them consistently eat algae. I'm looking for a different species now.

Tuxedo urchins or fluxrx

 

[tbrown]

Trochus snails also breed readily in the aquarium but they may also become snacks. Try breeding them in the sump and transplant to the tank as populations grow?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Fighting conch
urchins such as Pencil or tuxedo

Tail spot blenny
court Jester goby
Spotted scat fish

 

[Tjm23slo]

My favorite the finger pincher fish. Really does a good job pulling out big long GHA.

 

[Aspect]

Not if it's a quoyi, but those have mysteriously short lifespans in aquaria, last I heard. They may still accidentally bite coral if algae is growing on them.

What type of sharks do you have? And what other livestock do you have? If I had to suggest something, I would recommend an algae scrubber and/or some sort of sponge/s. I've had a type of sponge that grew in one of my reefs that exported nutrients exceptionally well, though it is currently declining and I haven't been able to successfully propagate it.

In regards to cleanup crew, being a trigger owner and having wanted to start keeping a reef with cat sharks in it in the past, a lot of my digging has come down to either get clean up crew that's too difficult for them to eat (pencil urchins, chitons), clean up crew that reproduces fast (stomatellas mainly, though I'm sure those wouldn't make it as they're too easy to eat), and finally stuff that is too small for your predators to bother (mostly dwarf ceriths and similar snails).

3 coral catsharks and a Grey Bamboo. Coral catsharks will eat slender fish (Gobies, Blennies, etc) up to 6". I also bought hundreds of Asterina that have all been eaten. Adult coral catsharks are voracious hunters. All hermit crabs and snails also dead. I do have some sort of sponge growing in my sump with what looks like the inside of an ant hill growing extremely fast. My xenia is growing like a weed so I think my best option is to just let that outcompete the algae over time.

 

[Aspect]

Don't feed them. When they get hungry enough, the will rediscover how yummy algae is.

I would but there is already ich in my tank and all of my fish beat it and I definitely do not want to risk an outbreak. I'd rather keep them fat and healthy than to risk thousands to get them to eat algae.

 

[Aspect]

Fighting conch
urchins such as Pencil or tuxedo

Tail spot blenny
court Jester goby
Spotted scat fish

Have a fighting conch, need something for the top of the rocks and glass. All of those fish would be overnight lunch