00W's AIO Smorgasbord

[luis angel]

Good morning Remi!

 

[Calmwaters]

Good morning everyone!

 

[ESABOE]

How’s are Florida residents doing? Away from flood zones?

 

[LadyMac]

G’’mornin.

 

[fishguy242]

Good morning y'all... :)

 

[luis angel]

Good morning everyone!

G’’mornin.

Good morning y'all... :)

Good morning!

 

[luis angel]

How’s are Florida residents doing? Away from flood zones?

The front of my house yesterday, but everything is good

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Good morning everyone! Have a great Thursday.

 

[luis angel]

Good morning everyone! Have a great Thursday.

Good morning!

 

[luis angel]

Yesterday I noticed this that seems to be hairy algae, anything I can do? remove manually, emerald crab (don't trust them) aftery torch incident, any recommendations? thank you

 

[ESABOE]

Yesterday I noticed this that seems to be hairy algae, anything I can do? remove manually, emerald crab (don't trust them) aftery torch incident, any recommendations? thank you

Remove manually while it’s small- what CUC do you have, including fish? And test parameters,

Have you added anything new to your routine?

 

[luis angel]

Remove manually while it’s small- what CUC do you have, including fish? And test parameters,

Have you added anything new to your routine?

Last saturday parameters
Alk 163 ( 9 )
Ph 7.8
Ca 449
Mg 1492
Ammo 0.0
Nitrite 0.0
No3 25.3
Po4 0.52

Cuc
Tiger conch
Sanbed starfish
Nassarius snail
3 mexican turbo snails
5 astria snail
5 to 10 blue leg hermit crab
3 bumblebee snails

The only change has been to reduce no3 from 42 to 25.3 and po4 from 1.2 to 0.52

 

[kevgib67]

Yesterday I noticed this that seems to be hairy algae, anything I can do? remove manually, emerald crab (don't trust them) aftery torch incident, any recommendations? thank you

Manually remove and or keep it short so your cuc can eat it. Get a Tuxedo urchin, the best cuc I have.

 

[kevgib67]

Good morning peeps, have a great day!

 

[luis angel]

Good morning peeps, have a great day!

Good morning!

 

[luis angel]

Manually remove and or keep it short so your cuc can eat it. Get a Tuxedo urchin, the best cuc I have.

I've never had it but today I'm going to go through the lfs to see if there are any small ones, Should I add something else to the cuc?

 

[Calmwaters]

Manually remove and or keep it short so your cuc can eat it. Get a Tuxedo urchin, the best cuc I have.

My pincushion will also eat it if he finds it in his wondering around the tank.

 

[kevgib67]

I've never had it but today I'm going to go through the lfs to see if there are any small ones, Should I add something else to the cuc?

I would not shy away from an emerald crab, great cuc and always picking and eating algae. I’ve never had a problem in over 18 years of reefing. They say the females are more reef safe. I have had both and haven’t noticed a difference or a problem. I currently have 2 in my tank.

 

[luis angel]

I would not shy away from an emerald crab, great cuc and always picking and eating algae. I’ve never had a problem in over 18 years of reefing. They say the females are more reef safe. I have had both and haven’t noticed a difference or a problem. I currently have 2 in my tank.

Maybe I'll give them a chance but the first thing I suspect they'll go outside, yes I've seen a small increase in algae since I didn't have them

 

[JoJosReef]

Pitho crabs are quite useful an, in my experience, quite safe.

I also like having an army (~50 or so) of dwarf ceriths. They can't do anything about that GHA there, but they get into the very tight slaces and might be able to prevent it taking root elsewhere.

Tux urchin is great and very fun, but if that doesn't get the job done, 2 Mexican turbos will do it. Bulldozers, yes, but very effective.