Hey all,
I don't post often and I'm kinda new. I'm a little self-conscious at hearing negative feedback, so sometimes I just do a bunch of reading and try to apply. So thank you for all of your help in advanced for this and for some of you mega-posters out there, much appreciated. Once my tank was cycled I added a cleanup crew to try to combat the oncoming algae battle...
So my tank is about 3 months old. 20g nano AIO. I have some small frags in there. After 3 months the water params are perfect, and all coral frags/fish are doing mighty fine. I have a scooter blenny eating pods shooting out my AIO fuge daily, he's spoiled and getting quite fat, and then two baby ocellaris clowns, that's all the fish I have but I have a large CUC made of 1 Emerald Crab, 2 Ceriths, 2 Nassarius snails, 1 margarita snail, dwarf conch and 2 small Tuxedo Urchins. I feed about half a cube to a whole cube a day, and I spot feed my frags with ReefRoids/Brine/Mysis every so often about 2-3 times a week.
My problem is that the tank uglies won't go away, it seems to be a mixture of random hair algae, brownish green, or brown growing on green. I know they can last a long time, but I'm over it. I've scraped and scrubbed and siphoned during water changes, but does nothing. It keeps coming back.
Salt: 1.024 - 1.025
Amonia: 0 - 0.15
Nitrite: 0
NitrAte: 2-10
Calcium: 420
Phos:0
Alk: 9.3
Mag: 1410
PH: 8
What can I do? Should I get a Dolabella? Will it drastically get rid of this? I hear they don't ink really. I'm just wanting that pristine look, I know it'll take time, but I'm also a fan of hard work and dedication and I'm also a perfectionist.
PS please don't judge me on the messy GSP, it was free. Also the white things in the corner next to the smiley face are cerith eggs.
I don't post often and I'm kinda new. I'm a little self-conscious at hearing negative feedback, so sometimes I just do a bunch of reading and try to apply. So thank you for all of your help in advanced for this and for some of you mega-posters out there, much appreciated. Once my tank was cycled I added a cleanup crew to try to combat the oncoming algae battle...
So my tank is about 3 months old. 20g nano AIO. I have some small frags in there. After 3 months the water params are perfect, and all coral frags/fish are doing mighty fine. I have a scooter blenny eating pods shooting out my AIO fuge daily, he's spoiled and getting quite fat, and then two baby ocellaris clowns, that's all the fish I have but I have a large CUC made of 1 Emerald Crab, 2 Ceriths, 2 Nassarius snails, 1 margarita snail, dwarf conch and 2 small Tuxedo Urchins. I feed about half a cube to a whole cube a day, and I spot feed my frags with ReefRoids/Brine/Mysis every so often about 2-3 times a week.
My problem is that the tank uglies won't go away, it seems to be a mixture of random hair algae, brownish green, or brown growing on green. I know they can last a long time, but I'm over it. I've scraped and scrubbed and siphoned during water changes, but does nothing. It keeps coming back.
Salt: 1.024 - 1.025
Amonia: 0 - 0.15
Nitrite: 0
NitrAte: 2-10
Calcium: 420
Phos:0
Alk: 9.3
Mag: 1410
PH: 8
What can I do? Should I get a Dolabella? Will it drastically get rid of this? I hear they don't ink really. I'm just wanting that pristine look, I know it'll take time, but I'm also a fan of hard work and dedication and I'm also a perfectionist.
PS please don't judge me on the messy GSP, it was free. Also the white things in the corner next to the smiley face are cerith eggs.
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