Algea eatting puffers

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puffertt77
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Algea eatting puffers

Post by puffertt77 »

Hey Marine Guys

If I get a jewel puffer, spotted sharp nose puffer or a Papuan Toby will they eat all the algea in my tank off the glass and LR?

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not in the sense that i think you are referring. they don't really eat the micro algae but commonly munch on macro algae
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Post by marksrush »

Both my GSP and my Ceylon used to eat brown algae that was growing on the sides of the tank and on decorations. I never saw either of them do it, but you could see all these little circular bare spots all over the tank - lots of them, and since there were no other creatures in the tank with them, it had to be the puffer that was causing them.
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