"Macro-Safe" Inverts

[Stomatopods17]

While there's a lot of tales and experiences online for corals and inverts, I never see any topics regardling macroalgae safe ones, such as caulerpa and dragon's tongue.

Do we know if typical scavenger shrimps such as sexy, bumblebee, peppermint, etc hurt macro algae?

What about ones not typically reef safe such as camel and sharons?

We can only make guesses based on their typical behavior (ex; filter feeders likely wont, harlequin shrimp absolutely won't, predators don't go vegan, etc) but has anyone actually witnessed their inverts attack or eat caulerpa, chaeto, mangrove roots, etc?

 

[bluemon]

In my experience, sexy and peppermint shrimps don't touch my Macro Algae.

(kept caulpera, gracilaria, botryclaydia)

These non reef safe shrimps are probably more likely to touch other inverts and meaty items before macro algae imo

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Pistol shrimp are known to gather and eat macroalgae and seagrasses on occasion - the OP on the thread below caught their pistol doing this on video:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/repetitive-clicking-from-aquarium-solved.989398/

 

[SandNRocks]

I have 4 types of hermits and a red fiddler in my softy/algae pico. They dont show any interest in my caulerpa, dragons tongue, or gracilaria. Cant speak on anything else. Ive also tried to keep them pretty well fed for the most part

 

[LilsReefTank]

While there's a lot of tales and experiences online for corals and inverts, I never see any topics regardling macroalgae safe ones, such as caulerpa and dragon's tongue.

Do we know if typical scavenger shrimps such as sexy, bumblebee, peppermint, etc hurt macro algae?

What about ones not typically reef safe such as camel and sharons?

We can only make guesses based on their typical behavior (ex; filter feeders likely wont, harlequin shrimp absolutely won't, predators don't go vegan, etc) but has anyone actually witnessed their inverts attack or eat caulerpa, chaeto, mangrove roots, etc?

Will keep you updated. I have just purchase a boatload of ornamental macros for a damsel tank I have. However, I want to raise cool inverts as well so we have - urchins, hermit crabs, chocostar fish, and coral band shrimp. Will observe who snacks on em.

 

[carol3]

How did it go?

 

[CurtPGA]

Will keep you updated. I have just purchase a boatload of ornamental macros for a damsel tank I have. However, I want to raise cool inverts as well so we have - urchins, hermit crabs, chocostar fish, and coral band shrimp. Will observe who snacks on em.

Hi, how did it go? What inverts did you choose? Started a macro and seagrass tank also so now looking for my cleanup crew.