drbenfield

I am upgrading to 120g tank soon. I was wondering if a yellow eye kole tang would be a good addition for algae eating? I currently have 2 true percula clowns, 3 blue-green chromis, 1 green clown goby, 1 banded dragon goby, 1 peppermint shrimp, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, zooanthids (small ones), softball-sized devil's hand leather, and 9 mushroom corals (bumpy and smooth). My fish community is very peaceful. I also have a juvenile Vlamingi tang that has been tank raised and bothers absolutely nothing or no one (even the algae). I realize it reaches almost 18 inches when fully grown. It is now a good 4 inches not including the tail fin. The current algae growing in my tank is a large amount of neomeris macroalgae and a small amount of hair algae (The neomeris has used up most of the phosphates and has killed off the hair algae.) I also plan on getting an entamacea quadricolor (bubble tip anemone) sometime next week.

morganrules

the yellow eye tang thing requires a 70 or more so that should be fine to put in a 120g and i think most tangs eat algae they are herbivores and ive heard many people say they eat algae. i would wait for a better salty experienced person but i hope ive been helpful

nemo addict

most Tangs do eat algae but it differs from each fish not species ,, I have 2 tangs and neither eat the algae in my tank but there ment to ,, if there hungry then i suppose they would but i feed em well ,,,

drbenfield

I think that's the problem with my Vlamingi...I feed it well (not sure if male or female). And the fact that it was the size of a 50 cent piece when I got it and was scared it would die. It will practically eat from my fingers. I love the look of the Kole anyway and they tend to be rather peaceable critters.

Salvatore

Don't know about how it will react and feed in your tank but I have one and it is just a stunning fish to look at! I love the way he looks!!