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02-02-2005, 08:01 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
Posts: 7,429
     |  Algae Eating Fish: The Foxface
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...cfm?pCatId=687
Ok, have a little nuisance algae and don't won't to go the chemical route or wait it out?
THIS FISH IS A FREAKING LAWNMOWER!
I recently got a small one for my tank (yes, this means I'll be getting a bigger tank in the future as this fish is more suitable in a 70+ gallon tank.  )
and let me tell you, since I started chucking food in my tank, the algae has been growing. I have stringy thick dental floss algae growing off rocks, a little hair algae here and there and some grape caulerpa that has been taking over a few rocks.
IN TWO DAYS, this fish has wiped out a majority of it. He is constantly pounding on algae, even the caulerpa.
I am psyched!!
It's mellow and unlike the one I had years ago in my thirty, this one isn't that shy. They are supposed to be hardy too and they are really good looking.
If this fish is a good match for your setup, I highly recommend it. 
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02-03-2005, 08:23 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 49
Posts: 1,181
| Re: Algae Eating Fish: The Foxface
Matt, you should see a lawnmower blenny in action. They will strip a tank clean of algea in 1-2 days, plus they don't get much bigger than 3-4 inches. They are also very animated and personable. Ours will sit in your hand if you leave it in the tank! By the way, that Remora skimmer I bought from you was the best deal I've had in this hobby. Thanks again! _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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02-03-2005, 09:44 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
Posts: 7,429
| Re: Algae Eating Fish: The Foxface
Glad the skimmer worked out. 
Yeah blennys are cool and I've heard good things about them, but my previous experience drew me to the Foxface. I wasn't actually looking for one, but he was small and on sale for around $20, so I caved.
No regrets though, even if he cost me a small fortune upgrading my tank down the road. He gets along with my other fish and has a good personality.
ANd I can't say enough about how he took care of my caulerpa. I had actually started going in with tweezers prior to his arrival. That was going nowhere and getting old fast. [smiley=tounge2.gif] | |
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02-04-2005, 12:05 AM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: May 2004 Location: San Diego, CA,California Age: 53
Posts: 577
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 | Re: Algae Eating Fish: The Foxface
I love my bi-color foxface...they don't get quite as big as the one-spot or the variegated. This guy is an algae hoover. There are a few sea grass (for want of a better description) type algaes that he picks at but the rest he just chows on. Plus lots of personality!!
Drew _________  80 gal plywood/glass reef tank, AquaC Urchin Pro w/Mag 3, 38gal Sump/refugium w/Mag9.5, 2 Maxi Jet 1200, 2-200 watt Hagen Heaters, 100lbs CaribSea Aragonite, 80lbs handmade Aragocrete rock, 2-110W 48" VHO Actinic Blue, 2-110W 48" VHO 50/50, RO/DI, DIY coiled denitrator, Bi-color Blenny, Damsel, Yellow Tang, red/green lobophyllia, zooanthid frag, cabbage coral, asst. mushrooms, toadstool leather, frogspawn | |
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02-04-2005, 04:19 AM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF/Monterey Bay Area, CA
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| Re: Algae Eating Fish: The Foxface
Lawn mower blennies have been known to attack other herbivours FWI.
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02-04-2005, 04:20 AM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF/Monterey Bay Area, CA
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| Re: Algae Eating Fish: The Foxface
PS> I can't believe you bought a fish with out checking with me first.....sheeesh. Could have saved you shipping, and, well, you know  | |
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02-04-2005, 07:55 AM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
Posts: 7,429
| Re: Algae Eating Fish: The Foxface
^^^ I love when you take it personally G. *
It was an impulse buy man! I went to get some phosban and came back with a little more. *
The angel I got from you is still kicking... great fish. Quote: |
I love my bi-color foxface...they don't get quite as big as the one-spot or the variegated.
| Wish I had known that Drew. Good info! | |
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02-04-2005, 08:23 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
Posts: 2,947
| Re: Algae Eating Fish: The Foxface
I like my bristletooth tang for algae control! Spotless tank! ('cept for the valonia  ) _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch | |
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02-04-2005, 01:11 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Collinsville, Illinois Age: 24
Posts: 92
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| Re: Algae Eating Fish: The Foxface
Yay! I just got my first fish! It just happens to be a lil Foxface He's already picking algae from my live rock and "flexing" his spines at his reflexion in the glass. LOL. way cute, I need a name...
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50 gal Oceanic - 40 lbs Fiji Pink Live Sand - 63 lbs Fiji, Alor & Sulewesi Live Rock - 250 watt HQI 14K Metal Halide - (1) Seio 620gph PH & (1) Maxi-Jet 900 (1) Maxi-Jet 400 - ProQuatics 1200 Canister filter - SeaClone Skimmer - IceProbe Chiller -- 1 Black Ocellaris Clown & 1 'Regular' Ocellaris -- Pink & Blue Ricordea, Green Bubble, Blue tipped Acro -- Fire Shrimp, 3 Peppermint Shrimp, Blue Legs, Turbo's | |
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02-04-2005, 06:35 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 49
Posts: 1,181
| Re: Algae Eating Fish: The Foxface
I have 2 lawn mower blennie's, 1 in each tank with tangs and they ignore each other.
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