They do eat it some, but not a lot. However, if you weaken
the hair algae, like use phosphate removers, things will
eat it more.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



StringerBell wrote on 11/18/2006 3:13 PM:
I guess I dont know my algaes yet. My tang is constantly eating off the rock
in my tank. It definitely looks like it`s ripping algae off the rock. I
would imagine there are probably plenty of green algaes that are not
technically "Hair" algae, right?



"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"StringerBell" wrote in message
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Just Curious:

How much nutritional value is there in green hair algae? If a tank had a
generous amount, could a small Yellow or Hippo Tang live off it for a
week without added food?
The problem is that green hair algae does not taste good,
so these fish do not eat it... There would be no problems with GHA in reef
tanks if
any tang would eat it :-)