Here's my experience, file it under "for what it's worth".
I've got 6 bumble bee snails. I don't see them eating my hair algae. I also had a False Lemon Peel Tang. It did not touch algae either, instead it nipped on my soft corals. If you have a algae problem I would look for the cause. Overfeeding, not enough nutrient export, phosphates too high....
I've found that trying to solve a tank problems using "natural animals" only work 20/30 percent of the time. Usually it causes me more problems, and a animal dies in the process.
I think the trap is, we look for a quick fix and it's a easy excuse is to get a animal that "we think" will solve our problem when infact it's really a water quality/maintenance problem... Which we don't want to hear.
I've got 6 bumble bee snails. I don't see them eating my hair algae. I also had a False Lemon Peel Tang. It did not touch algae either, instead it nipped on my soft corals. If you have a algae problem I would look for the cause. Overfeeding, not enough nutrient export, phosphates too high....
I've found that trying to solve a tank problems using "natural animals" only work 20/30 percent of the time. Usually it causes me more problems, and a animal dies in the process.
I think the trap is, we look for a quick fix and it's a easy excuse is to get a animal that "we think" will solve our problem when infact it's really a water quality/maintenance problem... Which we don't want to hear.
