Which Tang's are the best algae grazers?

[SeanT]

I guess I am one of the ew out there without a Tang.
I have a few areas in my tank that have a bit of macros growing tha I can't get to and also wouldn't mind having a colorful, active fish.
Which Tang's are the most efficient algae grazers?
I have heard Sailfin and Yellow but am looking for additional opinions before making a decision.
I have a 180 tank with plenty of room...only a Coral Beauty and a pair of False Percs.

[crzy4reefs]

you can get a purple tang, yellow tang, blue tang,

www.liveaquaria.com is a good place to look for information.

any tang jmo would be good algae eaters. just make sure to give them the other foods like frozen,pellets and the algae pad stuff

[Bushman]

Not the flashiest tang, but the Kole does a great job as well.

[ericp351]

My naso is constantly grazing.

[tsiler]

Sailfin Tangs will eat anything green(including valonia.) They are worth every penny of the price you pay for them. I have a Kole and a Sailfin and there isn't a speck of green in my tank.

Tom Siler
Columbus, OH

[prezioso73]

Kole/Yellow eye...I think they are really cool. Mine mostly eats algae off the glass.

[geofloors]

Sailfins and Convict tangs. IME


George

[sunglee32]

i have a kole, yellow, and hippo. i don't think the kole will eat
macroalgae. my hippo eats it but not as well as the yellow.
the yellow imo is one of the best for eating macro. i think all the
varietes of zebrasoma eat macro well.

[SeanT]

Wow.
Thanks for all the replies.
Now off to do dome reading. :)

[rkplucker]

Hey Sean!
My yellow tang is a great algae eater. I have some of that algae in my refugium that you have in your display. Occassionally it gets in my display and my tang loves it!
BTW - glad to see you back here! :)
-Kim

[slojmn]

Hi Sean,
Have you considered a Foxface instead of the Tang. Just a thought for you. I decided to go that route myself. Of course, just like the Tangs, there are certain things he won't touch. I recently had an outbreak of Bryopsis...I am devastated, of all things after 3+ years....he won't touch it.

[igge68]

hi i have a yello tang & foxface
i must say that foxface are a alge eating machine,
my tang maby eat just 30% of what the foxface does

[SeanT]

Kim, yep, Ol' Yellers were originally at the top of my list.

slojmn, hmmm I will have to look into that as well.

igge, thanks. Will definitiely keep that in mind.

[o2manyfish]

Chevrons....

They are amazing, I find mine consumes more than the purples, yellows and Powder Blue.

My Naso in my 225 FO consumes the most, but he's about a foot long and a couple of inches thick -- LOL

But for pulling stuff off the rocks, get a team. The mouth of the chevron and the yellow/purple is very different. Let them team up and do all the work for you.

Dave B

[Blondee1970]

My sailfin tang keeps my tank CLEAN....they're really great fish!!!!

[SeanT]

Anyone have any experience with the Bristletooth Tomini Tang
(Ctenochaetus tominiensis)?
How does it do for algal grazing?
Thanks.

[zooqi]

All tangs should eat algae and that's why they are called Tangs (German word for algae eaters). They don't eat all kinds of algae.

[JENnKerry]

My yellow tang eats like a pig. The algae in the tank never stands a chance. I also give him dried seaweed on a veggie clip and he goes through like 2 of them a day.

[BarryG]

My sailfin & blue tang keeps my tank CLEAN......:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Aquatect]

Kole or Bristle Tooth are both from the same genus and fairly similiar.

Kole isCtenochaetus strigosus, Bristle are Ctenochaetus tominiensis

At the LFS I useda work at (up till... thursday) theyre faces were on the rocks all day.

[Aquarookie]

My yellow eye tang eats algea like a crack addict smokes rocks.

[SeanT]

Will a Foxface and a Tang coexist peacefully?

[Earl87gta]

I just got a clown and a powder brow and the brown is a grape calupra eating pig the clown on the other hand prefers the red tang heven both of them have piced the rocks clean of every thing they could eat.