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Best algae eating fish for small aquariums?


Gramarossa17

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+1 the above, as well as a lawnmower blenny, as an alternative, a sea hare does wonders in small tanks, ugly as hell, but eats algae like no ones business.

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+1 the above, as well as a lawnmower blenny, as an alternative, a sea hare does wonders in small tanks, ugly as hell, but eats algae like no ones business.

 

same thing isnt it Salarias fasciatus

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You know what, might be, I just looked at his picture and assumed that was it, that's what I get for only half paying attention and multitasking. In my neck of the woods it's just a lawnmower blenny.

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I know I'm going to get blasted for this but if the specimen is small, tomini/kole tang, with the plan of on obvious tank upgrade in the future.

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I'm not blasting anybody, but please allow me to be the voice of objective reason. When you have algae issues, it's usually because of nutrients, and the lack of nutrient export. Increasing bioload with a fish will not decrease your nutrients. Even if it makes a good dent in your algae, you're going to only, at best, reach a precarious balance. You might consider finding out what the cause of your algae is, and working to improve that.

 

Do you skim? What kind of media do you run? Do you use filter floss and change it regularly? Are you using RO/DI water? In the meantime, have you considered manual removal? Sucking out clipped algae with a siphon is a great opportunity for a water change.

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Gramarossa17

I do a 15% water change every Sunday, I'm running a slim skim nano skimmer, I feed once a day every other day, and I only have two small fish in the tank. Also running a AC50 with dry rock as a refugium for pods. I am just thinking that the live rock that I got from the LFS was shit and soaked with phosphates and nitrates.

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I do a 15% water change every Sunday, I'm running a slim skim nano skimmer, I feed once a day every other day, and I only have two small fish in the tank. Also running a AC50 with dry rock as a refugium for pods. I am just thinking that the live rock that I got from the LFS was shit and soaked with phosphates and nitrates.

Maybe a build up of detritus under the rock in the ac50. Or possibly something with your lighting. I was getting some algae when I upgraded to full spectrum. Lowered my reds n greens and it was a noticeable difference.

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