SRC Member Beagle Posted September 6, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 6, 2003 a lot algae on my sand zzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member regularguy Posted September 6, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 6, 2003 what's your tank specs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member junyong84 Posted September 6, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 6, 2003 do a water change.. regulary... add snails...alage eaters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member SharkBait Posted September 6, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 6, 2003 a lot algae on my sand zzz leave it alone.its a phase a starting tank has to go through.it will go away soon enough.if you dun have the patience,can use rowaphos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellow.tang Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 do a water change.. regulary... add snails...alage eaters... wat type of snail name & can att pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member SpiderOne Posted September 6, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 6, 2003 snails wont do a thing for diatoms on sandbed. use rowaphos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member spicyball Posted September 6, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 6, 2003 hmm..wad is rowaphos??..can any1 explain?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member piero Posted September 6, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 6, 2003 Hey spidey.... Mine did its job.... I think it depends too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwilly Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 I do 10% weekly change of water + got some snails. plus I also do siphon of the sand bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAriNe_enthusiast Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 My tank have the same situation... clean the glass surface often if u can't stand the ugly sight. The algae will stop growing once the silicate and phosphate have been used up. So i think that's why it's always better to use salt that are phosphate free...wouldn't have recurring incidents. Rowaphos is some phopsphate-absorbing medium. Besides rowaphos, there are also other brands available on the mkt and they serve the same purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member piero Posted September 6, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 6, 2003 Yupz right... but try not to siphon the sand too much, will remove the beneficial bacterias... Rowaphos is much better than other similiar product IMO.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Beagle Posted September 8, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 8, 2003 zzz but i using coralife salt... no phosphate one zzz zzz ZzZZ so dirty the sand bed ... and i noticed some GRASS growing ZZZZ on the sand and tank walls zzz wad to do sian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member metals99 Posted September 8, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 8, 2003 (edited) it will dissapear when your uhh silicates and phosphates drop i think.. mine dissapear gradually without any help.. but requires alot of patience.. i also use magnet cleaner to wipe off the front of my tank so my eyes won't hurt.. hehe then i add in 'TURBO SNAILS' it helps really but u know tips on buying them.. find the ones that is sticking to the wall of the lfs store.. i get the one in their show tank somemore or their holding tank.. as i know the lfs owner.. hehe cheers.. turbo snails make my diatoms dissapear.. nudibranches eat up my hair algae.. coralline algae i keep it!! hehe Edited September 8, 2003 by metals99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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