Best tangs for ulva algea

Zach136378

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Nov 16, 2025
Messages
290
Reaction score
84
Location
Kent
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Hi everyone I was wondering what is the best tangs for loads of ulva algea tank size is 180 gallons I do have a dussemeri in my observation tank however he does not seem to graze much. I also had a tomini tang before however it never touched any algea however my sohal would non stop go for algea on the rocks. I don’t really want to spend £200 on one though
 

GHOSTLY

2500 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Feb 26, 2021
Messages
3,791
Reaction score
2,731
Location
vancouver BC
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Weirdly enough my old lawnmower blenny kept all my ulva away. Before it passed, my tank was covered. Took care of it in about a month
 
OP
OP
Zach136378

Zach136378

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Nov 16, 2025
Messages
290
Reaction score
84
Location
Kent
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Weirdly enough my old lawnmower blenny kept all my ulva away. Before it passed, my tank was covered. Took care of it in about a month
I would have blennies but there is a miniatus grouper in the tank
 

CoralNerd

Valuable Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 19, 2014
Messages
1,492
Reaction score
1,034
Location
SoCal
Rating - 100%
1   0   0
If you don't want to go with fish to get rid of Ulva, fluconazole works pretty good. Or Gold Ring Cowries snails.
 
OP
OP
Zach136378

Zach136378

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Nov 16, 2025
Messages
290
Reaction score
84
Location
Kent
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
If you don't want to go with fish to get rid of Ulva, fluconazole works pretty good. Or Gold Ring Cowries snails.
I do sort of want to go for fish however don’t want to spend crazy money on them
 
OP
OP
Zach136378

Zach136378

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Nov 16, 2025
Messages
290
Reaction score
84
Location
Kent
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I think I mix may do well would any zebrasoma tang do as good as a job as a yellow
 

kboogie

Well-Known Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 6, 2021
Messages
879
Reaction score
553
Location
Boynton Beach
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Have you looked into what is causing the Ulva growth? Addressing that issue feels like the first step, then you can leverage fish as helpers. I am not sure you will be able to "fix" the problem with fish.
 
OP
OP
Zach136378

Zach136378

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Nov 16, 2025
Messages
290
Reaction score
84
Location
Kent
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Have you looked into what is causing the Ulva growth? Addressing that issue feels like the first step, then you can leverage fish as helpers. I am not sure you will be able to "fix" the problem with fish.
I am aware of that what happened was I beat a bryopsis outbreak by ripping it off the rocks it is all gone Now but now this yoga algea has taken revenge. It was there when the bryopsis was but in tiny quantities and never grew much untill now. I have a phosphate reactor and everything else to help can’t check parameters now cause I am away but they were a tiny bit higher than I would like nitrates at around 10ppm and phosphates around the 0.2
 
OP
OP
Zach136378

Zach136378

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Nov 16, 2025
Messages
290
Reaction score
84
Location
Kent
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I decided to get a scopas tang and like 20 minutes into being in the tank it is nibbling away at all the algea
 

TOP 10 Trending Threads

WHAT AMOUNT OF LIVE ROCK AND SAND SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR OPTIMAL BIODIVERSITY/FILTRATION?

  • 100% live rock + bagged sand

    Votes: 37 27.6%
  • 100% dry rock + 100% live sand

    Votes: 45 33.6%
  • 50/50 live/dry rock, 50/50 live/bagged sand

    Votes: 30 22.4%
  • 75% live rock, 25% live sand

    Votes: 12 9.0%
  • 25% live rock, 75% live sand

    Votes: 10 7.5%
Back
Top