reefdude2003 Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 My 3 week old tank is haing a diatom bloom all over the rock, sand, and glass. Should I leave it alone and let it resolve by itself, should I use c sponge to clean them off, should I suck them up with a siphon? Please advice, thanks:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuEl Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Up to you..if you dun mind seeing a brown tank for the first few months you can let them be...or get a few snails to makan them up. Quote Always something more important than fish. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member seamonkee Posted September 14, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2003 Just add a turbo snail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dispar_Anthias Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 My 3 week old tank is haing a diatom bloom all over the rock, sand, and glass. Should I leave it alone and let it resolve by itself, should I use c sponge to clean them off, should I suck them up with a siphon? Please advice, thanks:) Hey is your tank in the cycling period or it has already start running with live stocks in it... If so what are your water parameter like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member junyong84 Posted September 14, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2003 3 weeks and still cycling and alage bloom??? sth wrong wif ur water parameters... add a snail.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dispar_Anthias Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 3 weeks and still cycling and alage bloom??? sth wrong wif ur water parameters... add a snail.... Hey from my experience with turbos.. they don't really clean up diatom but instead they prefer hair algae more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefdude2003 Posted September 14, 2003 Author Share Posted September 14, 2003 my parameters are ammonia 0, nitrites 0.25, nitrates 20. I do have livestock. Where is the cheapest place to buy snails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dispar_Anthias Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 my parameters are ammonia 0, nitrites 0.25, nitrates 20. I do have livestock. Where is the cheapest place to buy snails? hey your nitrite level should be 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member regularguy Posted September 14, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2003 snails are pretty cheap in general..... just get from any marine only LFS. should be in the range of $0.50 to $1.50 depending on where you get them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Add mangrove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member cheecopeh Posted September 14, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2003 snails are pretty cheap in general..... just get from any marine only LFS. should be in the range of $0.50 to $1.50 depending on where you get them got a turbo snail fr reb*rn for $2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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