Anything eat Green Hair Algae?

[Fat Homer]

Okay, since i didn't have much luck in the invert section, or in my paludarium thread, i thought i'll ask the question here...

Is there any small fish / invert that eats Green Hair Algae?

I'm looking for something that stays seriously small, since it will be going into my paludarium... so MFK lets hear those options?

 

[tehbatmaan]

Have you looked into a Fox Tail? I think thats what its called something Fox at least. Not sure on their max size though.


David

 

[treldib]

One of the Dwarf species of Pleco would be good....

 

[Fat Homer]

Have you looked into a Fox Tail? I think thats what its called something Fox at least. Not sure on their max size though.


David

Yeah, i think their common name is also called Flying Fox or something, but sadly they will eventually get too large for my paludarium, although, if i can find a baby one, i could possibly keep it in my paludarium for a little while and then transfer it to my 200G?

One of the Dwarf species of Pleco would be good....

Actually come to think about it, there is one species of Dwarf Pleco that i can think of that might work? not exactly sure what the species is called or the No. for that matter... but not sure if it eats hair algae?

So i guess the question would be, do all dwarf pleco's eat Green Hair Algae? since i don't want to put a poop machine into my paludarium for no good reason...

Also, if any one has pics of the specific dwarf that will, could you please post it up, as english common names / scientific names don't work over here...

 

[BigO6687]

nerite snails are straight up voracious

 

[Fat Homer]

^ Thanks, but already got nerites, but sadly they aren't eating enough / any of the hair algae?

 

[Bottomfeeder]

This is in the water feature of a palidarium? Not a whole lot of directions you could go with that...

 

[Pyramid_Party]

American Flagfish love hair algae.

 

[bbortko]

Mollies

 

[MyGiants]

Guppies Platies Mollies but you can't be feeding them flakes at the same time. Force them to eat the algae and they will do a great job. Once they got the hair algae under control then you can supplement with flakes.