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I put some aptaisia x on a patch in my tank and the red turf turned brown in minutes. This seems very promising to me.
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I had a similar issue a couple weeks back. I bought at least 7 Mexican turbos 5 Margaritas and 5 red legged hermits and it was gone in a week and hasn't came back since
Not working with red one .. friend tryied ..overdose 3x .. really poor workingFWIW, I had green turf algae. Dosed fluconazole per instruction and it was gone and never came back.
I have been trying to figure out a solution for awhile and added a bunch of snails. However, it didnt seem to be working. So I went with Aptasia X based on @Will_WhatIsThis reaffirmation that it worked for him (even though no one seemed to have paid attention to his comments for some reason) and the Aptasia X instantly killed a large portion of the red turf algae on my rocks. There are a few stubborn spots that have survived multiple applications, but they look a lot weaker and the snails seem to be focusing in on those spots now (and hopefully they succeed). That being said, I agree, Aptasia X definitely works. thanks @Will_WhatIsThis!I’m telling you guys aptasia x is basically red turf x. If you have smaller affected areas like me, this stuff really works.
There’s still a few small spots that I missed so I’ll have to go back over those.
I’m fighting this crap now. Just thought I’d add that if your rocks are removable you can run very hot tap water over them and it kills all algae. Coraline, this red turf, cyano pretty much everything. I took a live rock to the sink and just lightly scrubbed while running very hot water over it and returned it to the tank. The red turf turns pink and will disappear over the next few days.
I have very large rocks with coral growing on them so this was only so helpful for me.
Currently trying a round of flux.
One huge problem here....that rock is now dead and is going to release a **** ton of dead stuff into the tank. Watch your ammonia and nitrates over the next few days. If your going to do this, use a bucket of tank water, scrub the rock with a wire brush, it gets the turf algae off but won’t ruin what’s inside the rock. This, with more frequent water changes is what made mine disappear.
You have wrong urchins. Tuxedos are useless IMO, I have no idea why they’re so popular. 1 holloween urchin will take care of it In a few weeks.Nothing noteworthy! Unfortunately =(
I have had 2 urchins in the tank for a while and I'd say the algae by in large is more sparse than it was.
I actually just got a ICP test back which showed 0.01mg/l phosphate and 0.7 mg/l nitrate -- so as originally stated, it isn't an excess nutrient issue! =)