Does anything eat (FW) hair algae?

[Dale D]

I've read acticles that mentioned that Rosy barbs were good for hair algea. Also Amano and other types of algea shrimp are good at removing it, as, long as you don't have anything in the tank that will eat them.

[fishmaster]

Not exactly the most sought after fw fish, but your everyday feeder goldfish will take care of it. I had an Asian Leaf fish for a while and it only ate small feeders. One day it just died. A few feeders survived and they ate every bit of hair algae in my tank in a couple of days-to the point where it never came back. By far the best substrate cleaners I've seen. If you don't like them in your tank, you could simply give them back to your lfs when the algae's gone. You just have to watch that the don't get a taste for your more delicate plants.
Shaun.

[Zylumn]

Black mollies work great on hair algae. You can also acclimate them to salt water and then they munch out on all the algae in your sw tank. I used 2 b mollies in my 20 gal sw tank as my cycle was ending and never fed them and they kept my algae outbreak in check. I've been thinking of using them in a Qtank and switching them back and forth between qtank and fw tank.
Kevin

[TheGr8Blade]

Ameca Splendens work AWESOME!

[bubblepuffer]

Snails? Can't remember the name of the snail that can adapt Freshwater, blackish and Saltwater..

[Cap'n]

Originally Posted by TheGr8Blade

Ameca Splendens work AWESOME!

x2

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

American flagfish are great for eating fw hair algae. Have some in my discus tank & after I pulled out most of the older, tougher stuff, they have kept any new hair algae from getting reestablished.

Anthony

[Delphinus]

Ok so these Ameca spendens, I'm trying to read up on them right now, is there any special considerations for keeping them? Community tank safe? What about the American flagfish? Both fish look a little like mollies to me?

Because this is a larger tank with an overflow, even with gutter guard over the overflow, smaller fish would be at risk for sump surfing (and the overflow drains onto filter floss so they'd basically meet their end) so small minnow sized fish such as smaller raspboras and tetras will not really be in this tank anyhow.