brittle stars

[sharpie]

since choc chip stars dont do the whole algae thing i was looking in to a brttle star. my store only carries a green star and i read that those are on the evil side so i guess i will have to order one online. wich ones will eat brown and green algae and which ones wont attack snails and hermits?

also
will peppermint shrimp eat algae?
are algae gobies good at clearing brown algae on the substrate and live rock?

 

[Lean]

since choc chip stars dont do the whole algae thing i was looking in to a brttle star. my store only carries a green star and i read that those are on the evil side so i guess i will have to order one online. wich ones will eat brown and green algae and which ones wont attack snails and hermits?

also
will peppermint shrimp eat algae?
are algae gobies good at clearing brown algae on the substrate and live rock?

Hi
We have serpent stars and brittle stars and they dont eat a bit of algae. I dont think there are any starfish that do. Some cucumbers will but not starfish.
starfish as they slide,climb leave tiny tracks in algae and give the illusion that they eat it but they dont.
Serpent stars ,brittle stars (big ones) I wouldnt keep with small fish anyway which you know .
lawn mower blennies are AMAZING TRULY UNREAL algae eaters . We have one in a 55 gallon tank that gram per gram beats any tang infact if you have algae they dont need to be fed but make sure you have algae if not feed them extra they eat meaty food to but great for algae .
Other blennies like red lip eat it to but the lawn mower blenny is incredible .
My pepermint shrimp might pick at algae but nothing to talk about . Algae gobies I dont know about.

 

[sharpie]

what about tiger serpant stars? will the eat algae. and you say you have had lawn more blennies that eat algae? will they even eat green off of the rock?

 

[Lean]

what about tiger serpant stars? will the eat algae. and you say you have had lawn more blennies that eat algae? will they even eat green off of the rock?

I never kept a tiger sepent star but the serpent stars are scavengers not algae eaters but again thats a star I never kept.
I have in one tank red serpent-black brittle-chocolate chip-blue Sri Lanka-white sand stars and none eat algae again they give the illusion that they do when they leave marks on it but dont actually eat it .

I have now a Lawn mower blenny few yrs old
http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/lawnmower_blenny.htm

He is INCREDIBLE as far as eating algae. Super active fish that truly 'mows the algae lawn" but they do eat food we feed our clowns,etc . I imagine all algae eaters do as tang do also.

Ours eats green algae off rocks,glass,etc if you keep them "hungry" they graze all day if well fed they still eat algae but ofcourse not as much.

My tanks are FOWLER tanks so I dont care if algae (ofcourse I do water changes,etc) yet I must say he cleaned the rocks right up.
They will "fight" gobies and other blennies .

I never heard of any starfish that eat algae but ofcourse I am no expert and certainly could be wrong . Have you considered non venemous conch ? I have heard of tiger conch .

 

[Sonicblast12]

I have a big starfish...I could not identify it. Similar colaration to a chocolate chip, same type of structure, etc.

Anyway, this thing devours the algae wafers I throw in the tank.