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Old 01-11-2012, 05:25 PM
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I understand that film algae is found on smooth rock surfaces in the wild and obviously glass in our aquariums. The Kole's mouth is designed to suck the film algae off the glass.s iIf you observe him he has a sucker-type mouth.
Like all fish they will do their best to find what they need and sometimes adopt to aquarium food but ultimately they will start to go downhill if their specific food needs are not met.
Hummmmm good to know, I'm housing yellow tangs in my 80g (until the 260g is up and running) but when they're moved over I think I'll get a kole as I have horrible algae growth all over the sides and back of my 80g.
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Old 01-11-2012, 05:35 PM
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I understand that film algae is found on smooth rock surfaces in the wild and obviously glass in our aquariums. The Kole's mouth is designed to suck the film algae off the glass.s iIf you observe him he has a sucker-type mouth.
Like all fish they will do their best to find what they need and sometimes adopt to aquarium food but ultimately they will start to go downhill if their specific food needs are not met.
I'm not claiming to know anything that's for sure just speaking from experience here. My kole is the nicest one I've personally ever seen. He doesn't really go for nori... all his algal needs are from the tank with most of that from the rocks. I've certainly had the glass get dirty many times and yeah you see all the sucker marks all over it but he still prefers to graze the rock for whatever reason.
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Old 01-11-2012, 05:41 PM
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Koles are a bristle tooth Tang, and while they appear to be sucking they are in fact scraping the algae from surfaces with many very small teeth. My wife likes the little kiss marks they leave all over the aquarium. I had a fat and health Kole in my 180 for years, a great, hardy fish and hard working reef custodian.
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Old 01-11-2012, 06:14 PM
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Agreed it looks like a suction but there are definitely teeth at work. You can easily see them in the mouth.
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Agreed it looks like a suction but there are definitely teeth at work. You can easily see them in the mouth.
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Old 01-11-2012, 08:42 PM
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The mouth determines the feeding habits. I think I'm alright =)
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I think we are all on the same page here. They have tiny teeth you can see but they appear to use their 'mouthpiece' to vacuum up the food they need whether it is on the glass or on the rock.
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Old 01-12-2012, 09:57 AM
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My kole tang is one of the best decisions I ever made for my tank, he is a cleaner. I also have a yellow but I would say the tank is much cleaner since adding the kole.
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