help.. on algae..

[chrislzh]

recently, notice there is a lot of brown algae growing on my rocks... and sand bed.. what should i do...

[aramus]

i had that problem so i let loose a turbo snail

[big_ben102000]

bro i think 1 isnt eoungh even for a nano cube.. should let loose afew more

[chrislzh]

my tank is a 3x2x2.5, roughly how many do i need to let loose..? other than snails, any others? my tank is coral major, dont want any things to affecct it.

[big_ben102000]

haha i think it depends on how bad the aglae invasion is .. my tank is 3 X 1.5 X 1.5 .. i have 3 of them which isnt enough planning to get more.. i have a heard some reefers have about 10 in a similiar dimension tank.

snails are relatively reef safe. haven seen anyone complaining about snails damaging corals. however turbo snails are known to be very "clumsy" when moving around mine topple some smaller corals in the past ... so make sure your corals are place firmly onto a LR.. otherwise the good old scraping are always a good work out

good luck with your aglae problem

cheers

[Dazza]

as usual i suggest abalones ... i keep recommending abalones but all sold out over w/e left one ... i myself didnt managed to get any myself hahaha... 2 weeks time new shipment... plse dont rush with me hahaha..

[big_ben102000]

hey dazza bro can pm me where u getting your abalone ? and the price ? thanks

[remus]

for sandbed i recommend sanddollar cos i find tis guy very hardworking chap everynight burllow here and there. if u wan to have a clean sandbed he is my choice.got a sand shifting star but not really up to SD.

[ozy]

I think you have to identify what kind of algae you are having, be it diatoms or cyano. Then you can better deal with the problem at the root.

[nakazoru]

Common Algae:

1. Diatom - Common to new tank - wait it out loh, snail, algae bleenie etc...

2. Green Algae - No choice, credit swap...

3. Hair Algae - go look for tang

4. Cyano - Not algae but bacteria, buy red slime removal - it works

5. Dino - God help you....

All algae can be control by rowaphos etc.

Control your feeding... Good skimmer helps.... DI Water Change helps...Discipline helps. Photoperiod...

Good luck