Temporary move for my coral beauty angelfish

[rkearles]

I have 2 tanks. A 90 gallon fish and anemone tank and a 32 gallon reef tank with a few small fish. I am having a little trouble with algae in my reef tank and was wondering if it would be safe to put my small coral beauty from my big tank to help get rid of it. Will definitely have to acclimate before adding

 

[TX_REEF]

I don't believe a coral beauty will help significantly with nuissance algae. 32 gallons is doable especially short term, but definitely on the small end for a dwarf angel. I'd instead focus on water chemistry and cleanup crew to rectify the algae issue.

 

[rkearles]

I don't believe a coral beauty will help significantly with nuissance algae. 32 gallons is doable especially short term, but definitely on the small end for a dwarf angel. I'd instead focus on water chemistry and cleanup crew to rectify the algae issue.

I’ve tried a CUC but it doesn’t seem to help much. I keep my perimeters in check and manually removed a lot of it. I adjusted my lighting, cut down the nutrients I add, done frequent water changes but nothing seems to help after a week. I’m afraid to add an algae (killer) supplement because I’ve heard that it can kill snails and shrimp. I’m lost. Any ideas are greatly appreciated

 

[TX_REEF]

what are you water parameters? how old is your tank? do you have some photos? some algae growth is completely normal, it would be helpful to see the extent and what type of algae.

Also, a week is generally not a long enough time to expect any significant changes in a reef tank, it takes time and patience to make lasting changes

 

[Miami Reef]

I am having a little trouble with algae in my reef tank and was wondering if it would be safe to put my small coral beauty from my big tank to help get rid of it.

First, I wouldn’t do anything about the nutrient levels. Algae can grow in all sorts of nutrient readings. If you manage to starve the algae, you run the risk of getting dinos, which is even worse.

If the coral beauty eats algae, try transferring it to the small tank to see if it works. It’s a nice experiment with little to no harm in trying. It should be easy to catch it if the experiment fails.

Keep us posted.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have 2 tanks. A 90 gallon fish and anemone tank and a 32 gallon reef tank with a few small fish. I am having a little trouble with algae in my reef tank and was wondering if it would be safe to put my small coral beauty from my big tank to help get rid of it. Will definitely have to acclimate before adding

This fish not big on algae nor will it keep up. Best are urchins (pencil or pin cushion) and you can, if green hair algae pull as much as you can by hand to reduce the time and work by cleaners to reduce it
Is tank(s) at or near a window by chance?

 

[exnisstech]

I keep a coral beauty in a smaller tank covered in algae. It does very little to help out. One thing I'm starting to dislikes about smaller tanks is the limited number of grazing fish that can be added. I have little to no algae in my tanks where I keep tangs.

 

[Miami Reef]

One thing I'm starting to dislikes about smaller tanks is the limited number of grazing fish that can be added. I have little to no algae in my tanks where I keep tangs.

Exactly! When I rehomed my yellow tang I had an abundance of hair algae. I tried a variety of snails, urchins, and sea hares to no avail. The algae ONLY went away when I added another zebrasoma tang.