Tropical fish that eat hair algae....

[ezbandrea]

Is there any freshwater/tropical fish that actively eat hair algea ??

 

[Hholly]

Not sure about hair algae, but American-flag fish eat a lot of algae.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

You shouldn't buy a fish just to do a job. You should address the problem by finding out why you have it then correcting it.
What size tank?
What fish and how many?
What are your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH?
Do you have live plants?
What is your lighting?
Do you use ferts? What and when?
Do you run co2?

 

[tmfish]

Flying fox will do a number on the hair algae

 

[Donkey Gun]

Sorry about the hijack but I'm starting to have the same issue in my 10g.

help me mummy!

You shouldn't buy a fish just to do a job. You should address the problem by finding out why you have it then correcting it.

What size tank? 10g

What fish and how many?
5 green neons
5 Furcata rainbow
8 RCS
2 assassin snails
many pest snails


What are your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH?
0, 0, 5, 7.8

Do you have live plants?
TONS

What is your lighting?
2-14w cfl cool daylight

Do you use ferts? What and when?
Yes, I put in root tablets a couple weeks ago. Before that I used Nutrafin Plant Gro about 2x a week

Do you run co2?
DIY 2liter bottle with yeast and sugar

 

[Cobaltskyy]

Flying fox will do a number on the hair algae

agreed! My 4 flying foxes saved my 30 gal from a bad bout of hair algae!