Sailfin tang eating hair algae

sdfish · 06/18/2008, 09:54 PM

Has anyone heard of a sailfin tang eating hair algae befor?? mine does and i have not heard of this so i was wondering if i was wrong with the id of my algae?

cloak · 06/19/2008, 03:45 AM

Sometimes.

joshkennedy07 · 06/19/2008, 04:06 AM

Mine does.

And I had a bi-color in the tank originally and he was part of the reason I never had an issue.

DNickell · 06/19/2008, 07:13 AM

My sailfin and foxface both love the stuff. I've had other sailfins and foxfaces that wouldn't touch it.

06/18/2008, 09:54 PM	#1
sdfish Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Posts: 367	Sailfin tang eating hair algae Has anyone heard of a sailfin tang eating hair algae befor?? mine does and i have not heard of this so i was wondering if i was wrong with the id of my algae? __________________ The fish made me do it.... Current Tank Info: in wall 170g starphire 48x24x36, 75 gallon sump w/dsb, MRC MR6 skimmer custom (in the works), 3-250watt MH 14k, 2-110 vho actinics, Aquacontroller jr, 1200gph closed loop, 2000gph return

06/19/2008, 03:45 AM	#2
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Sometimes.

06/19/2008, 04:06 AM	#3
joshkennedy07 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: California Posts: 248	Mine does. And I had a bi-color in the tank originally and he was part of the reason I never had an issue.

06/19/2008, 07:13 AM	#4
DNickell Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 277	My sailfin and foxface both love the stuff. I've had other sailfins and foxfaces that wouldn't touch it.