Best algae eater for a 32 gallon tank?

[Ryde]

I'm open for suggestions, but I'm not sure what I can handle speaking I already have 2 clowns, fire fish, and watchman goby. Any help would be appreciated!

I'm currently fighting bha/gha and looking for something that may help, or if you think there are other means to taking this then let me know.

 

[lapin]

Mexican turbo, urchin, conch. Those will eat algae in large amounts. As with all algae eaters they may like your crop or algae or not.

 

[Rickybobby]

Lawnmower blenny has been amazing at keeping my frag tank clean. I come home from work and a whole frag rack is picked clean

 

[X-37B]

Start with 20 astrea snails. Works well for me in my 120. I have about 60. Best is to get as much algae you can out and then introduce.
I used 1/2 dose of fluconazole and manually remove as much as I could then added them.
Algae free now!

 

[Ryde]

Lawnmower blenny has been amazing at keeping my frag tank clean. I come home from work and a whole frag rack is picked clean

I was actually thinking about these guys!

 

[Ryde]

Start with 20 astrea snails. Works well for me in my 120. I have about 60. Best is to get as much algae you can out and then introduce.
I used 1/2 dose of fluconazole and manually remove as much as I could then added them.
Algae free now!

I only have 5 Ceirth snails lol. I'll take some notes!

Mexican turbo, urchin, conch. Those will eat algae in large amounts. As with all algae eaters they may like your crop or algae or not.

I've always wanted an urchin, they seem to get the job done. Although I've heard they can eat coral line, along with knocking over rocks. Thank you for your input!

 

[CrazyCarlitos]

Trochus for overall (maybe 5-10 in ur tank)
And tiny cerith for sand and tiny areas. (30-40? for u)
I get em from reef cleaners

 

[92Miata]

I was actually thinking about these guys!

Mine, and most of them, only eat film algae. That's they're normal diet. Don't expect them to eat GHA or anything else.

 

[leighla wolf]

I’ve heard of using juvenile black mollies for algae control...they also act as “canary in the cave” they can’t give your saltwater fish diseases but are susceptible to marine ick, velvet, and brook...they act as a fail safe and let you know before any of your other fish show symptoms and are also monster algae eaters. Ultimately, it’d be good to find the source of what’s fueling your algae, (you may be feeding too much and raising phosphates/nitrates that might not be registering because it’s being sucked up by your gha).

 

[leighla wolf]

I’ve heard of using juvenile black mollies for algae control...they also act as “canary in the cave” they can’t give your saltwater fish diseases but are susceptible to marine ick, velvet, and brook...they act as a fail safe and let you know before any of your other fish show symptoms and are also monster algae eaters. Ultimately, it’d be good to find the source of what’s fueling your algae, (you may be feeding too much and raising phosphates/nitrates that might not be registering because it’s being sucked up by your gha).

Honestly what worked for me was using a dollar tree brush and pulling my rocks. I did a 2 day black out, then I did a water change, scrubbed the rocks submerged in tank water. I did this 1x a week for about a month since phosphates leached out of the rock and lowered my feeding schedule.

 

[Ryde]

Mine, and most of them, only eat film algae. That's they're normal diet. Don't expect them to eat GHA or anything else.

So they eat film algae. I do learn something new everyday with this hobby. Thank you!

 

[Ryde]

I’ve heard of using juvenile black mollies for algae control...they also act as “canary in the cave” they can’t give your saltwater fish diseases but are susceptible to marine ick, velvet, and brook...they act as a fail safe and let you know before any of your other fish show symptoms and are also monster algae eaters. Ultimately, it’d be good to find the source of what’s fueling your algae, (you may be feeding too much and raising phosphates/nitrates that might not be registering because it’s being sucked up by your gha).

You've got me very curious in this method. As for what is fueling the gha is overfeeding. I tend to go a little over board at times. Thank you for your help. ;Woot

 

[leighla wolf]

You've got me very curious in this method. As for what is fueling the gha is overfeeding. I tend to go a little over board at times. Thank you for your help. ;Woot

Yeah, a lfs uses this method in their tanks. They use black mollies because you can clearly see what is affecting them... I’m not endorsing the use of eventually dooming a fish.... but I know a lot of older reefers who’d rather loose a $2 fish than their 10 year old clowns they love or $200 fish.

 

[BriansBrain]

Honestly what worked for me was using a dollar tree brush and pulling my rocks. I did a 2 day black out, then I did a water change, scrubbed the rocks submerged in tank water. I did this 1x a week for about a month since phosphates leached out of the rock and lowered my feeding schedule.

Have a similar issue on my thread today and also looking for ideas. Currently on a blackout, and I will try this!

 

[leighla wolf]

Have a similar issue on my thread today and also looking for ideas. Currently on a blackout, and I will try this!

2 day blackout, scrub rocks, put back in, reduce feeding, I adjusted light schedule and spectrum towards more blues and reduced white/uv spectrum and made the red green spectrum 0. i add a little phyto to tank after. I did this once a week for about a month with a 15-20% water change and added chaeto to outcompete the removed gha and suck up the phosphates that were leaching from rock. it took time but was done naturally and fixed the problem pretty much permanently.

 

[Jilly92]

I'm open for suggestions, but I'm not sure what I can handle speaking I already have 2 clowns, fire fish, and watchman goby. Any help would be appreciated!

I'm currently fighting bha/gha and looking for something that may help, or if you think there are other means to taking this then let me know.

For hair algae in my experience I would say green emerald crab and urchin, I have a lawnmower blenny that helps too when he wants to

 

[Pkunk35]

I bought this yesterday, a tile grout scrubber and it is amazing on algae on rocks, it will take you 1/10th the time compared to a toothbrush. I used to use these when cleaning dolphin pens in the ocean 20 years ago and literally thought yesterday why not for the fish tank?

peroxide those rocks after a scrub for complete algae eradication!

after that I think snails in a 32g are gonna be the best for daily predation on algae to help keep the lawn mowed.

 

[Rickybobby]

I just literally watched my lawn mower blenny eat slime of the corner silicone in the tank wow what a machine abs it happened so fast snails take a while