Bicolor Angel: a tireless underrated algae eater?

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I was pleasantly surprised by this beautiful 3 inch fish because he would eat "anything" the very first day. Frozen brineshrimp, flakes, and pellets. The second day I offered a small piece of Yu Choy( an Asian veggie) and he ate it all! There was no algae and no tank mates in the quarantine tank he was quite shy while in there.

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Upon introduction to the large show tank he was harrassed by the larger Yellow Tang for hours. Even then he was getting quite a few bites of algae already. There was a small patch of hair algae that the Yellow Tang and Hippo Tang would not touch and the Bicolor ate it the first day!

Then he was all over the 180 gal. tank nipping at algae "all day non-stop". All the hardscapes got picked cleaned the 2nd day! I also have a smaller Flame Angel in there that nips at algae too but not even half as efficient, while the 2 Tangs have done little in algae control in 2 months. I got lucky!
 
May very well be underrated, unfortunately most never find out because most angels aren't reef safe. Beautiful little fish! Always love when they earn their keep!
 
I don't trust Bicolors, Keyhole, or Eibli with coral.
 

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