Best kind of algae grazer for nano?

[asylumdown]

Went out for the evening. Came home and took a peak in to the tank to check on the urchin's progress. I wasn't 100% certain the bare spot in the rock was because of him before. Sure am now. He's only moved about 4 inches since the lights went off at 9, but here's the result (sorry for the crappy night time flash pic):



The bare patch looked exactly like the dark forested patch to the right when I put the urchin in at 4pm. He's not just eating the algae, he's scraping it down to nothing. I can't believe I've never owned one of these guys before. At this rate I'm going to have to supplement him with extra nori soon!

[bkelly]

Hey glad the urchin is working out, im thinking my sand may be the cause of some of my similar problem, may take it out and wash and add less. its looking black/grey in a few isolated areas. BTW, That urchin isnt a Tuxedo I got the same one heres a link to what its called, theres a common name but i cant remember it.
LMK if your problem returns or if just getting rid of it was the answer.
Brent
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...594&pcatid=594

[Samw]

Yup. My colored urchins are doing the same thing. They are great algae eaters.

[toytech]

I had red turf spring up in my nano , mexican turbos love that stuff . Over the last few days my tank has exploded with brown hair algea . Is it the weather of something ? Are all out tanks are getting warm or more light and bam algea problems?