tell me..who protects your reef?

[The Grizz]

I would have to say it's my Checkerboard Wrasse when I got him just over a yr ago he was only about 2" long. Now he is HUGE, around 4" & a good 1" thick. Haven't seen many little pests in the 165 gal for a while now except for the colonial hydroids.

[Wayne]

I would have to say it was my Coral Banded Shrimp, I hate bristle worms and he just destroyed them before he got too old

[neoh]

bicolor angel. She's a beast.

[pinkreef]

Sailfin tang and tailspot blenny take care of algae
filefishes take care of the aptasia
porcelain crab takes care of floating stuff
wrasses take care of snails and teenie seastars and worms
gobie keeps sand clean
regal tang keeps everybody in check by stopping any fights

[tony_3a]

Love my coral beauty angelfish, basically the mod in the tank, swims around and nobody screws with her but if others are fighting/getting abused she will just swim by and it will stop. Pretty funny to see actually.

Copperband I bought just because it was eating everything, and it turns out when I got it home it also liked aptasia, so that was a plus.

And of course the Lawnmower blenny, one of the most inexpensive fish but looks pretty cool and does an amazing job of keeping all the algaes in the tank in check.

[asylumdown]

Doliatus rabbitfish. There's not a species of algae it won't eat. Even picks at dinos. The only place I have algae growing is where corals have grown in to tight for it to reach.

Second to that is my Copper Band butterfly. I cleared out the aiptasia problem in my tank with berghia, and now I'm pretty sure my Copper Band is responsible for keeping them out as a few have popped back up in the sump, but not a single one in the display.

Finally, and probably most important of all - my long horn cowfish, because it's so freaking charismatic even my partner Kelly, who sees my tank as nothing more than a giant money devouring vortex, loves it. The amount of leeway I've been given on the tank and the relationship/tank capital I've banked by having that guy floating at the glass begging all our dinner party guests for food while Kelly talks about how cool he is is quite literally worth that fishes weight in gold.

[thmh]

Show off! Good pictures though!

~Tony

[typezero]

Kien has first world reefing problems!

[Myka]

Love the pics Kien! I'm glad I'm not the only one with a "workhorse" Angelfish. Although even time I see that beotch nipping polyps (which is like all the time) I definitely think of trading her in on some daytime PE. *grumble*

[Reef Pilot]

Stomatella snails. Best little algae eaters for their size. Great at polishing live rock and back glass. And too small to knock over or disturb any corals.

Orange Spot Sleeper Gobies. Keeps my sand clean.