Algae eating fish

[toastiireefs]

are there any algae eaters that are small for a 40gltank? i know there are some um.. butterflies? that eat algae.. but is that too big- and are algae eating fish picky to what type of algae it is?

[jason the filter freak]

Bi-color blllleeeeeeeeeeeennny freaking awesome fish, neat personality too.

Also lawnmower blenny, and a variety of others.

[Caribbean Jake]

pigmy angels like eating and gracing, but they need other food too to supplement their diet

[zotzer]

Another vote for a blenny! They are such fun fish!!

 

The little angel does too. He actually ate the hair algae off my fuge return....Spot, the blenny, never ventured all the way up there.

 

Tracy

Edited September 20, 2007 by zotzer

[rrubberbandman]

tail spot blenny!!!!!!!!!

[treesprite]

this is making it sound like I should get one...hmmm

[Caribbean Jake]

compare prices between a blenny and little pigmy angels like coral beauty, arabic pigmy angel and others. might bring up some choices, just a suggestion

[toastiireefs]

hmmmm soo a blenny...

any particular ones? lawnmower (sounds like it would be a good algae eater) hehe

 

so the other fish i was considering in the long run

firefish

a pair of clowns

hmm im sure there was others but its cool-- now that i have a blenny as an option

 

 

 

EDIT- so im debating between

lawn mower

bicolored

tailspot

Edited September 20, 2007 by toastiireefs

[zotzer]

Orange-spot blennies are very fun. They aren't quite as pushy as a lawnmower blenny, and they dart around the tank more. They are a "grab and dart" type, as opposed to the lawnmower who is a "grab grab grab" type.

 

I'd categorize my orange spot's behavior as a morph between a lawnmower and a midas.

 

 

Tracy

[toastiireefs]

ooooo very cute

[treesprite]

Tracy, I thought you already have a blenny of some sort... isn't it "Spot" or something?

[zotzer]

Yeah, that's him above. I was giving the orange-spot a shameless "plug" as a good algae-eating option.

[treesprite]

geez, I was mixing up people and posters!

[toastiireefs]

so is a tailspot blenny a good algae eater-- generally any blenny a good algea eater cept the venomous ones