? vs Hair algae....

CoMMaNdeR · 07/10/2006, 04:55 AM

Guys please name the fish and inverts that are known to eat the hair algae.

GoldStripe · 07/10/2006, 06:33 AM

Foxface maybe? Sailfin Tang? I think if it gets too long, they are less likely to eat it. Do you have any Turbo Snails?

techigirl78 · 07/10/2006, 06:54 AM

Raindfordi / Court Jester goby

CoMMaNdeR · 07/10/2006, 03:08 PM

I have a yellow tang but didn't eat hair algae.
The strange thing is that my friend have one that goes mad for hair algae...arghhh

What else guys is known to be a hair algae eater?

CoMMaNdeR · 07/11/2006, 06:03 AM

What do you find good guyys to eat hair algae?

techigirl78 · 07/11/2006, 07:29 AM

The goby mentioned lives on hair algae.

CoMMaNdeR · 07/11/2006, 11:26 AM

Do you mean the Court Jester goby?

In Liveaquaria.com it says that the fish is omnivore and eats mysid, brine shrimps, algae and small crustaceans..

Do you think it will eat Hair algae too ?

techigirl78 · 07/11/2006, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by CoMMaNdeR
Do you mean the Court Jester goby?

In Liveaquaria.com it says that the fish is omnivore and eats mysid, brine shrimps, algae and small crustaceans..

Do you think it will eat Hair algae too ?

Quote from liveaquaria: "The diet should consist of small crustaceans, such as live and frozen brine shrimp, mysid shrimp, as well as filamentous algae." The filamentous algae will be ate first from my experience with these fish, primarily hair algae. Once the hair algae is gone, the fish may run out of food, making it a difficult fish to keep.

MyMonkey · 07/11/2006, 12:16 PM

Sea Hare, bar none.

farside · 07/11/2006, 12:43 PM

Definitley, the Sea Hare. Mine is a mowing machine that looks like SHREK.

frederickk · 07/11/2006, 12:51 PM

I had some recently and I did add some turbo snails and they took care of it really fast.

CoMMaNdeR · 07/11/2006, 12:58 PM

Guys I have 2 questions to ask.

1/ Is the Court Jester goby reef safe and a good decision to add him to keep bad alage in control in a 180g tank with some community fish and soft corals ?

2/ Guys everyone says that Sea hare are good for eating bad alage like hair algae but many sites say that they can release a purple dye to repel attacking fish in the home aquarium, and for sure I think this can cause problems right ?

spence15610 · 07/11/2006, 04:14 PM

lawn mower blenny works well in my tank

DaveG99 · 07/11/2006, 04:44 PM

hermit crabs, snails, doctorfish tang (Acanthurus chirurgus ). My doctor fish tang eats it like crazy and hes only an inch long.

zuzecawi · 07/11/2006, 04:46 PM

I've had sea hares ink and nothing happened. Scared the crap out of me... carbon cleared it right up, no fatalities. LFS had one die and it just stank, didn't cause a crash. (got sucked in a powerhead intake). I since got rid of it though because it was too darn big for my rock tank.
Problem with lawnmowers is they starve to death when the algae is gone... won't take dried or frozen.
Conchs work great. Cheap, cool to watch. Reef safe. bristle toothed tangs like Tominis, Koles, Chevrons. They're good at ridding a tank of diatoms too. Sailfin Tangs, but they're only happy in a smaller tank for so long, since they hit around 17 inches adult size. Rainfords goby is different from court jester goby... both striped, both reef safe, but one likes to live in groups, the other is a territorial antisocial sucker. Wouldn't recommend either if you're planning on dragonets or slow sifters.

07/10/2006, 04:55 AM	#1
CoMMaNdeR Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Europe Posts: 703	? vs Hair algae.... Guys please name the fish and inverts that are known to eat the hair algae.

07/11/2006, 12:16 PM	#9
MyMonkey Persona Non Grata Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 2,106	Sea Hare, bar none. __________________ The worst thing about an unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it. Current Tank Info: 20 Long.10 months to my 240 In wall with Fish Room.

07/10/2006, 06:33 AM	#2
GoldStripe Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Jville, FL Posts: 1,136	Foxface maybe? Sailfin Tang? I think if it gets too long, they are less likely to eat it. Do you have any Turbo Snails?

07/10/2006, 06:54 AM	#3
techigirl78 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,739	Raindfordi / Court Jester goby

07/10/2006, 03:08 PM	#4
CoMMaNdeR Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Europe Posts: 703	I have a yellow tang but didn't eat hair algae. The strange thing is that my friend have one that goes mad for hair algae...arghhh What else guys is known to be a hair algae eater?

07/11/2006, 06:03 AM	#5
CoMMaNdeR Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Europe Posts: 703	What do you find good guyys to eat hair algae?

07/11/2006, 07:29 AM	#6
techigirl78 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,739	The goby mentioned lives on hair algae.

07/11/2006, 11:26 AM	#7
CoMMaNdeR Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Europe Posts: 703	Do you mean the Court Jester goby? In Liveaquaria.com it says that the fish is omnivore and eats mysid, brine shrimps, algae and small crustaceans.. Do you think it will eat Hair algae too ?

07/11/2006, 12:43 PM	#10
farside Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Anderson, IN Posts: 61	Definitley, the Sea Hare. Mine is a mowing machine that looks like SHREK.

07/11/2006, 12:51 PM	#11
frederickk Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,712	I had some recently and I did add some turbo snails and they took care of it really fast.

07/11/2006, 12:58 PM	#12
CoMMaNdeR Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Europe Posts: 703	Guys I have 2 questions to ask. 1/ Is the Court Jester goby reef safe and a good decision to add him to keep bad alage in control in a 180g tank with some community fish and soft corals ? 2/ Guys everyone says that Sea hare are good for eating bad alage like hair algae but many sites say that they can release a purple dye to repel attacking fish in the home aquarium, and for sure I think this can cause problems right ?

07/11/2006, 04:14 PM	#13
spence15610 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 201	lawn mower blenny works well in my tank

07/11/2006, 04:44 PM	#14
DaveG99 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Forney Texas Posts: 1,597	hermit crabs, snails, doctorfish tang (Acanthurus chirurgus ). My doctor fish tang eats it like crazy and hes only an inch long.

07/11/2006, 04:46 PM	#15
zuzecawi Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 472	I've had sea hares ink and nothing happened. Scared the crap out of me... carbon cleared it right up, no fatalities. LFS had one die and it just stank, didn't cause a crash. (got sucked in a powerhead intake). I since got rid of it though because it was too darn big for my rock tank. Problem with lawnmowers is they starve to death when the algae is gone... won't take dried or frozen. Conchs work great. Cheap, cool to watch. Reef safe. bristle toothed tangs like Tominis, Koles, Chevrons. They're good at ridding a tank of diatoms too. Sailfin Tangs, but they're only happy in a smaller tank for so long, since they hit around 17 inches adult size. Rainfords goby is different from court jester goby... both striped, both reef safe, but one likes to live in groups, the other is a territorial antisocial sucker. Wouldn't recommend either if you're planning on dragonets or slow sifters.