Best janitors for a frag tank...

[rlabriola]

What is the best combination of fish and inverts to keep a frag tank clean?

[rlabriola]

No one has any problems with Algae on their frags?

[Wrench]

A bristletooth tang or an algae blenny and a few hermits. A friend of mine also keeps a copperband butterfly in there to keep aptasia out.

[plaereef]

Cerith and nassirius (I think thats how its spelled) snails are great. They love algae and are wonderful scavengers that hide in the sand when feeding starts. Stay away from turbo snail for frag tanks because they get really large and can knock over tiny frags. I had to move mine to the sump because it kept on knocking over my sps frags.

[b0bby1]

but hermits can't climb up the frag racks to pick out algae between palys, can they?

[Wrench]

they sure can.

Astrea or Trochus snails would be good too. A few of them plus an algae blenny and a CBB. That would be sweeeet

[tsr770]

make a little ladder out of egg crate for the hermits between racks and they will go about everywhere

[plaereef]

I had 200 hermits and they climb all over the place. Even on top of lps sometimes and I have to blast them off with a turkey baster.

[jadeguppy]

I was looking into a copperbanded butterfly and the majority of information said that they are not very hardy and many people have trouble getting them to eat. I changed my mind on getting one after reading up on them. Too risky. There are better ways to control aiptasia, but that is mute since he didn't mention a need.

[hatfielj]

I have a sailfin tang in my frag tank and he has really cleaned up the place! Before I added him I was having major issues with all kinds of algae. Now its all gone and looks much much better!

[raskal311]

Foxface, we were starting to get hair algae on our frag plugs and one small foxface took care of an entire 48x24x12 frag tank

[MJAnderson]

Originally posted by raskal311
Foxface, we were starting to get hair algae on our frag plugs and one small foxface took care of an entire 48x24x12 frag tank

Any issues with sticking your hands in the tank wit their spiney dorsal? I wa thinking the same thing but I have my hands in my frag tank fairly often.

Right now in my 40g breeder I have a 4line wrasse (for critter control), lawnmower blennie, 6 trochus snails and 6 scarlet hermits. they seem to keep things clean except for an occasional bubble algae. Have tried 2 emeralds and neither would clean up the bubble algae.

[cwegescheide]

I have a Powder Brown Tang in my display that decimates any neusance algae. I'd love to get another one just like him for my 36x36x15 frag tank I just set up..

[RonD]

I've got a Lawnmower Blennie, a Yellow and a Sailfin tang, A cleaner wrasse and couple green sea grass wrasses, hermies and a sea hair. and all are busy little bee's.

[gh0st]

Rainfordi Goby (or Hector Goby if you've got the extra $$, maybe a Dragon Goby if you need something larger) and Sixline Wrasses are another couple of good ones that haven't been mentioned yet.

The Rainfordi/Hector/Dragon gobies are great Hair Algea and sand sifter cleaners, and the Sixlines are great for pest and flat worm control.

Also possibly Peppermint shrimp for Aiptasia.

[Danny07204]

Scarlet hermets and turbo snails.