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Was it emarald crabs? Was thinking of adding one but have heard they mow coralsOnly thing I dont want at the moment is bubble algae. I suck out a bunch once a week but I cant get ahead of it. I tried crabs but they ate my corals so manual removal is the only way. I dont really want to shove a chemical into the tank if I can avoid it.
I'm literally in the middle of a battle with GHA. It's not really bad yet but it will be if I don't address it now. I've got a lot of Coralline on the rear glass and rocks and I'm good with that. The GHA is starting to show up on in random locations. I'm physically removing it and pulled some rocks out to dip in peroxide but it keeps showing up in other places. I've yet to spot treat in tank with peroxide but I may not have a choice.
It's very frustrating because I test and my Phos is .03ish and Nit is 10 or below but I have algae growing so it's giving me false readings on my nutrient values. I've been feeding the same amounts for years and slowly been trying to stabilize my values for "optimal" conditions for a mixed reef (does this exist? lol) and as always in this hobby, curveball inbound.
I don't want to dose anything that will hurt any of my corals so I'm avoiding that at the moment. I've got 3 fish that eat algae and added a bunch of new snails (3 different kinds).
Only thing I dont want at the moment is bubble algae. I suck out a bunch once a week but I cant get ahead of it. I tried crabs but they ate my corals so manual removal is the only way. I dont really want to shove a chemical into the tank if I can avoid it.
Yes emerald crabs. Walked right over the sea of bubble algae and ate my corals. They were in the tank for less than 48 hours before I took them back to the shop.Was it emarald crabs? Was thinking of adding one but have heard they mow corals
Maybe I can try that. 3% straight up? I have no shrimp, only snails and one urchin.I’d maybe try spot treatments of H2O2 …its a chemical, but then again it isn’t…try a syringe full, turn off pumps, watch out for your shrimp…
Nope no urchins at this time but they are always an option. Thanks for reminding me about them. Syringe application of H2O2 is on my "next step" of attempts to knock it down some.You got any urchins?
I’d maybe try spot treatments of H2O2 …its a chemical, but then again it isn’t…try a syringe full, turn off pumps, watch out for your shrimp…
yeah it really helps if you can either lift the rock out OR turn off flow and then very slowly push out the peroxide over the bubble algae (even better, if its the big “banana” type, use a needle and inject it)Nope no urchins at this time but they are always an option. Thanks for reminding me about them. Syringe application of H2O2 is on my "next step" of attempts to knock it down some.
Be careful with hydrogen peroxide and the urchin. My urchin died after using peroxide on algae. Maybe it was a coincidence and maybe it was a sharp nutrient spike due to the sudden death of the algae but I'd follow it with a decent sized water change to be safe.Yes emerald crabs. Walked right over the sea of bubble algae and ate my corals. They were in the tank for less than 48 hours before I took them back to the shop.
Maybe I can try that. 3% straight up? I have no shrimp, only snails and one urchin.
I just added more snails to deal with algae and invested in a couple algae scrapers.How to get rid of algae: what is your goal for managing algae?
Nuisance algae needs to go! It needs to be eradicated, right? Or does it? Certainly, the goal for some reef keepers is to get rid of all nuisance algae, while others deal with it as it shows up and try to make sure that it doesn’t get out of control. Still others focus more on establishing balance because quickly removing one type of algae can create an opening for another type of algae to fill the new gap in the ecosystem. Whether you use snails, urchins, tangs, chemicals, or some other way to combat nuisance algae, what is your goal for managing algae? Are you a hunt-it-down-and-kill-it type or do you take another approach? Please let us know in the following thread.
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