Any small fish that eat hair algae?

[Neto]

title, thanks!

[YHSublime]

small algae blenny? 

[epleeds]

Get thelawnmower Blenny but skip the starry blenny. Those guys are the devil

[mari.harutunian]

Get thelawnmower Blenny but skip the starry blenny. Those guys are the devil

Why?

 

 

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[epleeds]

Every starry blenny I have had developed a taste for SPS. lawnmowers we’re fine but not the starry

[GOSKN5]

My starry has been fine for a year or so.. great fish... neither of the blennies are THAT great at algae control though.. they will help, but won't control it..

 

Pic of him.. looks like he is hiding from the shark haha...

 

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[treesprite]

I read that lawnmower blenny diet is only 15% algae.

 

I got a cherub angel a couple weeks ago, with hopes that it would eat algae. I put some good sized algae-infested rocks in the QT, and the fish is definitely picking at the rocks, even with me feeding it twice a day. It is a good fish if you have no super-shy tankmates.

[Neto]

Thanks guys, got the lawnmower blenny today lets see if he helps

[malacoda]

My starry has been fine for a year or so.. great fish... neither of the blennies are THAT great at algae control though.. they will help, but won't control it..

 

+1   I don't believe any nano-sized fish has the capacity to consume enough algae to control or eliminate an algae problem.  Their occasional nipping may be enough to keep a few stray strands of hair algae from progressing into a widespread problem, but they're too small to put any real dent in an existing outbreak.

Edited March 18, 2018 by malacoda