Nano algae eater (fish)?

worrballer

worrballer

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I'm trying to find an algae eater to go in my 29. I know the dwarf angels can but they'll also nip at my corals. BTW how common is it for them to nip?
I guess an omnivore is my best bet but I'm stuck in my search. Or am I stuck with snails?
Any help would be awesome.
 
worrballer

worrballer

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Ya I was looking more for fish.
So far I've found blennies (like you said renogaw) and rainford's goby. But I heard they are hard to keep once the algae is gone.
Then I discovered that urchins are herbivores. I used to have a longspine urchin in my old 55; I guess it just never clicked that I didn't have to feed him lol

Longspines get too big for a 29 don't they? Or is it possible to keep one?
 
renogaw

renogaw

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heck, they can get too big for a 90 LOL
i have an urchin, i think the lfs called it a blue mouth, but it's like a spiney, but stays smaller spined.
chows algae, even the green impossible to remove type
 
bmkj02

bmkj02

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Arent Urchins not safe for corals??? I remember I had one once but then I heard they can get on corals and start chomping away
 
papajt

papajt

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Lawn mower blenny..I had one and it did AWESOME. I have a pic of my algae ridden tank in another topic and so for me to say it did awesome..yeah he rocked. lol
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by renogaw
http:///forum/post/2941231
lawn mower blenny, or any of the blennies really. they all scrape algae
YOu need to have a talk with my lawnmower.
This size of a tank, I'd look for an invert. Angels are pretty useless when it comes to eating algae.
 
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