ottos and algea?

[andruboz]

what kinds of algea do ottos eat? any chance they will eat brown hair or black beard? or just the green stuff on the stump?

[famman]

they wouldn't eat the brown hair or green beard unless they were starving. platys or certain barbs might
good luck
:)

[JohnMemorialHS]

Ottos eat mostly diatoms (the brown algae), for brown hair and black bearded algae, you could try SAE, I've heard that sometimes they will eat them if forced to. I know American Flagfish eats green hair algae, not sure if they'll go for brown hair algae though.