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12/13/2018, 01:12 AM | #52 | |
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12/13/2018, 12:41 PM | #53 |
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I had a purple for 2.5 years. No algae in tank. Swapped him for a tiny blue tang. Algae on rocks.
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12/13/2018, 01:41 PM | #54 |
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Foxface can eat coral. They can also be massive jerks. Mine killed my purple tang
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12/13/2018, 02:59 PM | #55 | |
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The bristletooth gets along well with all of its tank mates. Both of them nibble on short hair algae, but completely ignore anything that's more than a 1/4" long, so if you're using them to get rid of a major hair algae problem, I don't think they will help. |
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12/13/2018, 06:14 PM | #56 |
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my astrea snails eat it like crazy.. so does my pin cushion urchin
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12/13/2018, 09:00 PM | #57 |
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Let us know how the foxface works out for you.=, I was considering one too! I personally dont think any of the fish typically go out of their way to eat GHA bc better food is usually available. If there were some fish/inverts that could seriously handle it, I dont think it would be the most common salt water tank issue that it is. I have turbo snails, urchins, sailfin algae blenny, yellow tang,hippo tang, I had a naso and a nudibranch and a quyoi parrotfish before, I have emerald crabs etc- nothing ever eats the GHA that I have ever seen. (Or, if they do, it has been such a small amount it has made no visible impact.)- but thats just for me personally. Id love to hear if a foxface works for you- I have a 220 so I have some space.
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12/15/2018, 04:45 PM | #58 | |
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12/15/2018, 05:15 PM | #59 |
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I never had much luck with fish eating all my algae. What I thought was fishing eating algae in one of my tanks turned out to be a long spined urchin that came as a stowaway on some live rock. In my current tank I have a pencil urchin that's the size of my fist. Eats everything in its path.
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01/22/2019, 03:00 PM | #60 |
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Update: He’s a great fish and eats hair algae, but he doesn’t keep my tank algae free. He helps, but he’s not a cure all. I’m still glad I have him, though!
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01/23/2019, 05:02 PM | #61 |
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My lawnmower Bleny used to mow my tank!
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