tangs & algae question

[csababubbles]

Do any of your tangs eat your hair algae? Which one?

 

[returnofsid]

I've never had any tang even look twice at hair algae. On the other hand, I've never had a Rabbit fish that could resist it. Spotted and Scribbled Rabbits both devour it, IME.

 

[bigblue141]

The bristletooth tangs are "supposed" to be hair algae eaters.

Lawn Mower blennies are also "supposed" to eat hair algae. I don't have any hair algae in my tank, so I do not know if they are the reason, or if I've just gotten lucky.

My tangs do however, eat Chaetomorpha Algae.

 

[reefreefer]

I know my one spot rabbit will eat any plant from hair algae to cheato, my sailfin tang will nip at it, but my clown tang, and bristle tooth tang, don't even look twice at it. Ive also seen yellow tangs eat hair algae. You want a tang that grazes on tougher green, sail fin, yellow tang, Scopas tang, or purple tang or a rabbit fish look for one that has a nose, not a tang that goes after brown/green soft algae, most other tangs. I think one of each, make a great pair.

 

[csababubbles]

Hmmm purple tang eh....anyone else have experience with their purple tangs eating hair algae?

 

[reefreefer]

I have seen it first hand at A Red Sea, talk to Rob, he has a few. I also found some others who use purple tangs and say they are more likely to eat it, and wipe it out faster than yellow tangs. the problem is the get big and are more aggressive, so at least 100g tank minimum is needed. All I had to do was Google.