Small Algae Eating Tang for 29Gallon?

[91yjeeper]

Got a bunch of green hair algae (turf algae?). I've tried and failed to get other livestock to eat it. Lawnmower blenny, crabs, snails, all dont eat it.

I was thinking maybe a baby yellow tang that I would trade up after it got bigger, but if there are other cool small tangs that would pick at algae that I won't need to trade out, that would be better.

Any recommendations?

 

[CrayHawk]

Not to sound harsh, but every reply is going to confirm your intuition that no tang should go in that small of a tank. It will get too stressed and die.

Turbo snails should get the job done.

 

[91yjeeper]

No luck with turbo snails at all. The only thing I have seem picking at the algae is my emerald crab, but he only eats the short stuff.

 

[Nick Steele]

Have you tried trochus snails? Mine do a great job.

Also you could try to scrub it so it’s shorter for the hermit crabs.

Do you know why you have algae in the first place? That is the main way to tackle algae imo

 

[plc001]

How about a juvenile Bristlettooh Tang or yes the Yellow Tang. You will need to re-home them but should be fine. Just do not tell the Tang police;-)

 

[najer]

Tuxedo urchin?

 

[91yjeeper]

Surprisingly my nessarius snail has gone up on the rocks and seems to enjoy it algae. I have one Trochus that mainly stays on the glass. My 2 Turbos dont touch it.

Rumours that Urchins eat coraline. That true?

 

[flampton]

Surprisingly my nessarius snail has gone up on the rocks and seems to enjoy it algae. I have one Trochus that mainly stays on the glass. My 2 Turbos dont touch it.

Rumours that Urchins eat coraline. That true?

Not a rumour, it is quite well known. Nassarius is not eating the algae, it is consuming detritus within the algae. What are your parameters?

 

[terraincognita]

Surprisingly my nessarius snail has gone up on the rocks and seems to enjoy it algae. I have one Trochus that mainly stays on the glass. My 2 Turbos dont touch it.

Rumours that Urchins eat coraline. That true?

try a couple more trochus before you go with something more drastic. I've found them to be like lawn mowers on GHA.

 

[makingitwork]

I have been in the same place brother, I bought a ton of cuc and I have a LMB and none of them touch the long turf algae.

- One solution that I am attempting right now is taking the rocks out of the tank into a 5-gallon bucket filled with
water-change water, and scrubbing the rock with a grout brush. This will allow shorter algae to grow which your blenny actually eats! LMB's actually eat primarily microalgae so cleaning off a few rocks every water change can give surface area for your micro algae crop which the blenny will pinch back ALL DAY.
- I have a blue tux urchin which does eat a lot of Coraline off of my rocks but also demolishes turf algae, a scorched earth trail behind the little guy, you could get one following your scrubbing session allowing it to suppress new turf algae from growing and you can remove it and trade it back at your lfs pretty easily.

Drop a pic of your tank if you can,