Algae eating fish

[KLR]

I have a 66 gal tank, one V. Naso Tang(baby),picasso clown,yellow coris,green clown goby, and black molly...lol........i plan on getting another picasso and possibly possum wrasse...i need a fish that is a great algae eater and also is 100% corals safe...what fish could fit the spot??

 

[jordan3548]

LAWNMOWER BLENNY lol

 

[KLR]

well i was looking for something a little less common.....any exotic blennies?

 

[inactive]

Pleco.

 

[KLR]

i was going to try another tang but decided they would get way way to large and messy as they grow

 

[jaytizzle]

What's a V. Naso?

Best fish for eating algae are going to be a lawnmower blenny, kole tang, or chevron tang. The only one that I can recommend for that size tank is the lawnmower blenny.

 

[KLR]

the reason i said v naso is because.the lfs sold it to me as a naso tang..i read up on it and decided it was a blue spotted naso tang...sadly after i bought it, anyways another person told me it was a tang forgot name they said but it started with a v.

so im really not even sure what type of tang it is

 

[jaytizzle]

Naso is the genus. If you thought it to be a blue-spotted that would be a Naso brevirostris. The other is a Naso vlamingii. Odds are that it is not a vlamingii, though. They are often misidentified. They both get terribly large, though... the brevirostris can reach 20" and the vlamingii 24".

If you have a picture I will gladly help to identify!

 

[KLR]

 

[jaytizzle]

Yeah, I would definitely say that is a Naso brevirostris.

Take a look here at the brevirostris:
View Naso brevirostris

and the vlamingii:
View Naso vlamingii

The clear differences are the shape of the tail and the color of the dorsal fins.

 

[KLR]

ok..ur right......what about a cebu blenny..do they eat algae?

 

[jaytizzle]

cebu blenny? Not sure what you are talking about... got a genus and species? common names can be a PITA sometimes!

 

[jordan3548]

My sailfin tang use to tear algae up lol but I am not sure if thats common or not but I wouldnt recommend tangs for your size tank. Blue leg hermit crabs have also worked pretty well for me if your just trying to get rid of it thats if its green hair algae.

 

[jordan3548]

Oh but by far the lawnmower blenny is by far the best you can actually see it doing its job. I come home and see little mouth prints all over the glass if I forget to clean it lol

 

[KLR]

cebu tailspot blenny not sure on details but my lfs sometimes gets them in..they are a smaller blwnny

 

[jaytizzle]

ah... tail-spot blenny is the fish and cebu is the collection location. The fish is actually a Ecsenius stigmatura. He may eat algae but I wouldn't bet the farm on it.

 

[xraided199]

i had a tail spot (RIP ... ), actually had problems finding them locally and ALWAYS wanted one. unfortunately he did not last thru my cycling process at the start, but it did not seem he went for algae too much. i did see him pecking at the rocks like a lawnmower does, but i figured it was for the pods that were roaming everywhere. they are a gorgeous blenny, but don't really know/think that they go for algae

 

[hwntunda]

lawnmower blenny

 

[Bugg_zy]

Due to it's size it can only eat so much, but my little golden blenny always has a stuffed belly from eating off the rocks and glass. Not as common as lawnmower as well. But if you need a bigger algae muncher, go for the lawnmower. I had a bi-color blenny once, but it liked nipping here and there at my corals :cry: so he had to go.

 

[Paul_N]

starry blenny. Just like the lawnmower but nicer color.