algae eater ?/ trigger tank

[randolph]

i have a 55 gal tank full of triggers and algae.
what could i put in there to eat the algae and
not get eaten. have a black urchin but afraid they
would roll him over and get him. snails..... have a
big mex turbo but afraid that they would get him also.
urchin is long spine about the size of a big orange to
the tips of his spines. most of the algae is on the glass.
scraper my only hope here? help thanks

 

[drew_tt]

Originally posted by randolph
i have a 55 gal tank full of triggers
!!! a 55 is considered (by some, not me) the bare minimum for even the smallest trigger... what is in your "full trigger tank" now?!?!?!?!?!
while working on removing algae, do you know where this is coming from?
my guess would be in your aggressive tank, too many trates, not enough water changes... post your specs, mainly: nitrates, phosphates, how old the tank is, whats in it, crushed coral or sand, do you use RO or RODI water, what is your lighting, etc...
Drew

 

[randolph]

drew
you would be a good politicion you said everything possible
and never answered or addressed my question, nitrates may be a bit high will check tomorrow. just bought the tank on ---- with the fish and it was up for about five months. i've only had it a week cut me a husk. what eats algae that triggers don't eat????

 

[drew_tt]

which triggers? what is in the tank? list everything
you want to find out where the problem is coming from before buying an algae-eating fish so you can try and fix it without having to add another fish.

 

[randolph]

i have a undulated and a clown. clown 4'' and undulated is
2'' thats all thats in the tank

 

[souljah]

For the algae on the glass your best best is
to use a magnafloat magnet to scrape the
algae off the glass.
As far as algae on the rocks and in the tank,
mexican turbo hermit crabs would be your best
bet. Probably like 15-20 would clean up your tank
nicely. Plus they are very quick reacting so the triggers
wont even come close to eating them. Plus they have
hard shells that trigger cant bite through, and
they eat green hair algae and nusiance algae.
Why do I know this? cuz my triggers tank was covered in
algae and ever since I put them in his tank its spotless.
souljah

 

[irenicus]

Would that work w/ a dogface and a SFE? I loathe rock algae.

 

[souljah]

yep

 

[randolph]

thanks souljah
although i have never heard of mex turbo hermits i
will check into them. miami is where i grew up. weschester area
by st brendon's church .

 

[blueberryboomer]

I agree that the snails would takecare of the aglea, but....I can say with personal experience, the Undulated trigger will eventually take care of the snails for you, we had one that ate every snail and crab in the tank before I figured out he was the one doing it.(found a large pile of shells in his hideout.) He went back to the lfs we bought him from. Good luck, Lisa

 

[randolph]

not real happy with this undalated, he is very aggressive. he has
fights with the clown trigger that is better than twice his size. may sell him and get a huma, or a pink tail , or a niger a little more passive i think.

 

[iceburger]

hey at least you're not like a guy that we have come into work all the time
he has a 55 gallon tank with 5 triggers and 3 puffers, yep 5 triggers and 3 puffers..........and he wants to know why his water is cloudy

 

[dave flood]

I temporarly put in with trigger my yellow tang he cleaned tank spotless