algae eating creatures

[nemo79]

Well I have turbos, xl turbos, trochus, nerites, nassarius and hermits, I need soemthing that will eat algae off of rocks and such. I don't want a tang, been there done that and they are messy and prone to disease. I would love a blenny but I need a creature that won't become aggressive with my watchman and jawfish. Are there other things that eat algae?

[Otty]

Lawnmower Blenny. If your water conditions are good you won't have any problems with Tang's. I soak my food in Vitamin C for about 20 minutes before I feed and don't have any problems. They say garlic is good also. Sounds like your trying to get picky on your tank creatures.

BTY your 55 is not big enough to keep tangs happy so you would probably have problems with them being stressed out.

[crappyballer]

how many hermits do you have?

-edit just read your sig, that is kinda crazy, you have a good sized clean up crew and you are still having algae problems. you got me on that one. what kind of lighting are you running and when was the last time you changed your bulbs?

[nemo79]

My lights are t5ho and I started running the lights at the end of january. When I had the tang I had no algae...since the tang is gone there are spots here and there. I would love a bicolor blenny but a little leary of adding one because of the goby and jawfish!

[djnzlab1]

HI,
My coral beauty eats algae all day,
they really put a hurting on the rocks, be sure your not getting a phos problem, this can really cause a bloom.
Doug
I started using a small phos reactor and every one was looking for algae, so i backed off alittle on the phos reactor only as needed..

[nemo79]

I added phosguard yesturday to my filter, my phos test barely changes colour and deosn't match anything on the chart but I am pretty sure there are phosphates in my tank.

[ziggy222]

emerald crabs,sea hairs

[amcarrig]

I would try the lawnmower blenny. I doubt very much that it will fight with the jawfish and/or watchman as they tend to stay in/near their burrows.