Had a question for anyone that owns a court jester goby(Rainfords goby) or bi-color blenny. Do they do a good job eating hair algae? Which one is better at eating the algae if you’ve owned both? Thanks!
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@SmoothCape7
38d
I’ve had a Rainford’s goby in my 40 and it did a decent job on hair algae but it’s more of a sand sifter than a full-time algae eater. The bicolor blenny is definitely more aggressive about grazing on rock and algae, but they can get a bit territorial so tank size and rock layout matter. For
@Saltwaternewb2025
38d
Sounds like the bicolor might be a good choice. I purchased a lawnmower blenny and he never recovered from the stress. He looked stressed in the store, but figured I could bring him out of it. But no luck, died on day 2 in my tank. I was reading that lawnmowers are 50/50 on survival after being placed in new systems. Just don’t want to go thru that again. I felt bad for him.
@Joan
38d
If you can get a pictus blenny they will do a great job minus the aggression. I have one in each of my tanks and they eat algae like crazy for how small they are
@Saltwaternewb2025
37d
Thank you. I haven’t heard of that fish. I have lots of hair algae now that I’m plucking out everyone’s day. I need to decide on a fish before it gets too out of hand.
@Joan
37d
He’s a cool looking guy. Not easy to find but they do a great job. He cleaned up my nano in 1-2 weeks
@Saltwaternewb2025
37d
Oh cool. I like that they stay small too. I’ll check with my lfs and see if they can get one.
@JollyLynx71
37d
bi-color blenny slaps better
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Bicolor did a great job keeping all the rock clean in my nano tank. Unfortunately he went rogue and killed my purple firefish then got brooklynela and died ( no clue if that’s how you spell it)