What would be a good fish to get rid of some type of red bubble algae I have starting to overtake my 10 gallon tank? The snails I have won't even touch the stuff.I have one other fish in it which is a YTBD but I have lots of inverts in it and a bunch of corals. I can't find anything compatible. Anyone know of anything?
good fish for algae?
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Im not sure of any fish that will eat bubble algae, try a emerald crab, they have been known to eat that stuff. Also try to manually remove as much as u can.
I believe that "red bubble algae" are the holdfasts of the desirable Gracilaria spp. macroalgae. Won't go sexual, but is a poor exporter of nutrients, and is highly desirable by herbivorous fish species. Looks pretty once it grows out, however. It may wither due to a lack of trace elements.
I went out and bought an emerald crab yesterday today I would say 50% of the algae is gone. Yay!
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
Dont forget to feed your crab when your out of algae. they starve easy like the common pleco , algae waffers,romaine lettuce, yellow squash, zucchini,all those green cans of tang, angel food. peas they love peas right out the can. hope this is help full