Need A Fish To Control Seaweed

[spartanph]

I have an 85 gallon reef tank that has been up for about 2 months. I have a piece of live rock that came with some leafy vine type seaweed that is starting to spread throughout the tank.
I currently have
5 blue/green chromis
1 percula clown
12 astrea snails
13 hermits
2 pepermint shrimp
1 mushroom rock
I would like to add a fish sometime in the next few weeks that will help control the seaweed growth. It needs to be reef compatible and I would like it to play well with the existing inhabitants.
Since the tank is so new it should also be fairly hearty.
TIA

 

[bigpete]

blue tang, yellow tang, usually any type of tang will take care of something like that.

 

[exile415]

foxface rabbitfish ? mine eats anything.

 

[spartanph]

exile does he bother your corals?

 

[connor]

nope foxfaces are reef safe there very cool too!

he will get the job done in no time :joy:

 

[vroom125]

you usually are safe with foxfaces, but sometimes they will eat coral and aren't reef safe.

 

[spartanph]

Yesterday I saw two different foxfaces. One at the LFS and one at a Rainforest Cafe. Neither seemed very active. Both were just hanging out in the rocks doing nothing. Can anyone who has one of these guys tell me if its normal.

 

[spartanph]

What about the kole tang? Are they pretty hearty? I see this site has them for $25 which is less than half what my LFS sells them for?

 

[integral9]

How about a Lawnmower Blenny? The name pretty much speaks for itself, but not the most colorful. SWF has em on sale now.

 

[spartanph]

Thanks all for the help. I went with the Kole.