I have a powder blue tang he is about 6 years old. I want to place algae in my tank, since I really do not have the room for a refugium. I have bought peices of rock with some algae on it. It seems it grew fast but not fast enough for his taste. Is there one that would grow fast enough for the tang to eat but yet survive and multiply. Or maybe one they he will not eat, yet do the job of cleaning water of nitrates.
Can you have algae and tangs in same tank?
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My regal blue tang only occassionally picks at the chaeto in my tank, but there's usually a nori clip in the there as well which tastes a lot better.
Some species of caulerpa are completely ignored, but you don't want these in your tank as the algae will quickly become its own problem.
Some species of caulerpa are completely ignored, but you don't want these in your tank as the algae will quickly become its own problem.
I'm pretty sure it's more of a problem of getting it started and getting enough of it to keep a steady amount of it. I would try dividing off a section of your tank with eggcrate or plastic canvas to create a temporary (or permanant, if you so desire) fuge for the macroalgae within the tank. Remove the dividers/ the "fuge" when the algae grows to a relitvely large ammount. Replcae the dividers and keep your macro algae in the "fuge", if the tang destroys your algae too fast.
Regal tangs are planktinovores, and don't naturally/normally eat much algae.
Crown Royal said:
Regal tangs are planktinovores, and don't naturally/normally eat much algae.
dorkfish said:
Yes, but try telling my regal blue that. He goes through the nori like there's no tomorrow.