Are there any critters suitable for a 75g that will eat green bubble algae or red turf algae?

[VintageReefer]

It's definitely on the rock, but also on the return and a gyre. I can remove some of the rock it's on, but not all of it as it's a permanent setup. Any advice on what to do with the ones I can remove?

Flick them off and catch with a net

 

[SliceGolfer]

The red turf I deal with has made it onto snail shells and other areas. For those I can remove, I treat with hydrogen peroxide. Remove a snail, dab a q-tip with h202 and coat the shell about three times. Return to tank after 2 minutes. Algae will turn bright red to pink in a couple hours and eventually die or be eaten. This works for easy to remove things like snails, frag plugs, small rocks, anything you can easily pull out of the tank.

Before I broke down the other tank, I treated it with algae fix for two months straight and even that did not kill the red turf.

I bought real ocean rock from Florida and I believe this was the source of the red turf being introduced.

 

[claydogg84]

I used local bought emeralds to deal with some occasional bubble algae. I also have a Foxface which I think would be fine in your 75 gallon. Mine seems lazy - not a ton of active swimming, mostly just follows the other fish around to see what they're pecking at in the tank.

 

[danlechem]

My juvenile fox face will only eat bubble algae that's floating. He doesn't bother with any still attached to rock. He definitely help because I can turn off the power heads and scrape some off which he eats and prevents blocking up my drain and clarisea filter.

 

[Michael71]

Coming in on the back end of this thread and you have been given some great suggestions for control of the algaes. The only critter i didnt see mentioned were chitons. Every reefer at some point battles the algae attack, the best way to beat it is to find the cause and prevent further out breaks...raising ph carefully can reduce nuisance algae, frequent water changes reduces nitrate and phospate build up, feeding less as well, the amount of lighting and duration may need to be adjusted, not sure if you purchase water or use rodi too make your own. IMO i always prefered to make my own and invested in high quality salt mixes. Other options if the outbreak is nutrient based is to run a planted fuge or algae scrubber. I dont like uv sterilizers because they can kill too much beneficial bacteria. I inspected my reef tank daily...like face against glass to look for any signs of what your dealing with to get on it early. Hopefully this post helps and you can get it under control...back in the day there were alot of people that would tear down and literally set the oven to 350 degrees and bake the rockwork...its extreme but usually works.

 

[DaScubaSteve]

Pithos Crabs from Saltwater Aquarium decimated my bubble algea. Scrubbed and siphoned as much as I could then added 4 in my 100 gallon, Worked great and they dont bother corals.