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10/09/2017, 12:35 PM | #26 |
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The foxface can eat hair algae but won't touch diatoms on the glass. The bristletooth tangs are best for that. My kole tang ate some hair algae it the really can't pull at it like the foxface
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The foxface can eat hair algae but won't touch diatoms on the glass. The bristletooth tangs are best for that. My kole tang ate some hair algae but can't pull at it like the foxface
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While foxface is a type of rabbitfish, it has a specialized mouth and not a universal algae eater like the true rabbitfish.
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Is there a reason why you are opting for a fish and not just getting some turbo snails?
Turbo snails are hands down top algae eradicators assuming you don't have snail killers in your tank.
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This tank has been up for a year, and I've already gotten bryopsis, which was taken care of with Epsom salt, then aiptasia because of a lapse in husbandry, and now gha for unknown reasons.
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10/11/2017, 03:59 PM | #35 |
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Lawnmower blenny!!! Mine eats algae all day long. Put a huge dent in my hair algae problem now it’s almost all gone. Lawnmower blenny will definitely do the trick
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http://m.liveaquaria.com/product/pro...726&pcatid=726
One of these babies will eat it all and quickly but you must rehome it when it's done or it will starve. I've never saw a fish eat hair algae. |
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Then there is fluconazole. Worked wonders for me. It's not the final solution but it gets you out from under a bad situation and can keep you from giving up.
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I understand people want to help, but why suggest non fish solutions when I'm specifically asking for suggestions of fish? Like I posted earlier, I already purchased a magnificent foxface. You know, because I wanted a fish...
People always want you to do it their way.
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Second the recommendation of a big rabbitfish. Magnificent foxface would be a good choice. They do a marvelous job at all hair algae’s and eat bubble algae like candy.
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I've got a couple goby looking critters I caught in the bay down here in Texas Gulf that are ferocious on the hair algae, they nip and tear it all day long non-stop. Unfortunately I have no idea what they are as of yet but I'll find out.
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Pictures!
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Here's one, finally got a good pic. That fat belly is full of hair algae, eats it like spaghetti.
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Breed them and make $$billions$$
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It is hit or miss, based on the individual fish over species. I’ve tried most listed and to be honest the best out there is the nudibranch. They will reproduce like crazy and eventually all die off when there is no food left.
Btw. The above fish looks like a sheepshead minnow or a similar species. An early maturing male, they tend to develop a blue sheen on their back
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A single yellow eye kole tang wiped out all the GHA in my tank. Plus he's a great looking fish!
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Somebody it my other thread got an ID which I think is spot on for my little mystery fish.
Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild...epsheadminnow/ Quote:
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I tried many of the above solution for green hair over the years, the only one that worked for me was the lawnmower Blen...... Got him about 3 years ago and by keeping nitrate and phosphate in control with NoPox plus this Blen I have virtually zero green hair on the rocks.
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