Questions

What fish eat algae off of coral reefs?

Parrotfish
Parrotfish are colorful, tropical creatures that spend about 90% of their day eating algae off coral reefs.

What is the best algae eater for a reef tank?

21 Best algae-eating saltwater fish

  • Achilles Tang. Achilles tangs will eat filamentous blue-green, red, and green microalgae.
  • Atlantic Blue Tang.
  • Brown barred goby.
  • Cherub Angelfish.
  • Chevron Tang.
  • Combtooth blenny (Mimic blenny)
  • Convict tang.
  • Foxface Rabbitfish.

What eats algae off live rock?

These blennies are herbivores and will spend all of their time eating the algae on your live rock and tank glass.

  • Black Combtooth Blenny (Ecsenius namiyei)
  • Short Bodied Blenny (Exallias brevis)
  • Highfin Blenny (Atrosalarias fuscus)
  • Linear Blenny (Ecsenius lineatus)
  • One Spot Blenny (Crossosalarias macrospilus)

What fish are reef safe?

The 11 Best Reef Safe Fish For Any Saltwater Aquarium (2022 Update)

  • Tank Raised Clownfish (Ocellaris or Percula Species) Editor’s Choice.
  • Banggai Cardinalfish. Peaceful Fish.
  • Orchid Dottyback. Orchid Dottyback.
  • Royal Gramma. Royal Gamma.
  • Blue Green Chromis. Blue Green Chromis.
  • Firefish.
  • Six Line Wrasse.
  • Yellow Watchman Goby.

How do I stop algae in my saltwater tank?

5 Effective Ways to Control Algae in Reef Aquariums

  1. Always use RO/DI water in a reef aquarium. Aquarists know water quality is important for maintaining a healthy reef aquarium.
  2. Do not overfeed fish and corals.
  3. Remove nutrients from the aquarium.
  4. Maintain or upgrade aquarium lighting.
  5. Keep your aquarium clean.

Will Amano shrimp eat hair algae?

Amano shrimp are the best algae eaters out there, as far as shrimp go. They eat hair algae, brush algae, most types of string algae, and are one of the few things that will even eat black beard algae.

How do I get rid of algae in my reef tank?

Is seaweed good for clownfish?

Clownfish love Nori seaweed especially. This provides your fish the opportunity to peck at the seaweed more naturally than if it was in the form of a pellet. It can look a little tacky with a clip though so I would recommend rubber banding your seaweed sheets to a rock.

Do Moray Eels eat clownfish?

They also can’t eat a whole clown so that would deter them a little too. I would just make sure you don’t get a super tiny clown and that the eel remains well fed. Anything that gets hungry enough will do some thing unusual.

What fish can live with a clownfish?

Clownfish do well with wrasses, damselfish, tangs, dartfish, angelfish, blennies, puffers, corals, anemones and gobies. One thing to think about is that clownfish will often not get along with others of their kind.