Rosy Barbs and BBA.

[imhandy2]

They are great at yanking the bba off.
Better than SAE IMO.

 

[wwildcats04]

are you sure your not thinking about hair algae

 

[imhandy2]

No, about 3mm long, blackish and velvety.
They start with the large rocks and what ever is secured and they really tear it off. got a tip from my LFS.

 

[spinjector]

hmmmm interesting... i love rosy barbs... been thinking of getting some longfin ones... anyone else notice this behavior...??? maybe we should add them to the algae-eating-fish sticky thread...?