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Yeah, agree. I have a 6 year old 30 long IM tank and only have three fish currently. I just ordered two more. I take it super slowly. Plus I have a six year old Maroon clownfish who owns the left third of the tank and is a cave troll.3 to 5 total. Over the course of a long time
Best bet is remove everything you can by hand during water changes. Once it's long enough the CuC won't really touch it.Hey guys hope you are doing good I know I haven't been on here for a while but I have a few questions but first I just want to say that everything is doing fine in my tank I haven't added I single new thing just the clownfish and anemone. it has been 4 months since I set up the tank and I decided it was time to finally add the cleaner crew also another reason I want to add some cleaner crew is becuse I had a HUGE hair algae outbreak I have had it for a while but it wouldn't go away and so now I need the help of some invertebrates LOL I won't be adding a lot but enough to get rid of the hair algae and yes I tested the water everything is fine so the algae has nothing to do with the water parameters anyways I am going to put the list of the invertebrates that I am going to get and tell me if they are good.
1.) 2 astraea snails
2.) 2 or 3 nassarias snails
3.) 2 or 3 blue legged hermit crabs
4.) 1 emerald crab
5.) 1 cleaner shrimp
6.) 1 tuxedo or pincushion sea urchin
That is it. please tell if they are good and tell if I have to much or not enough and please give me any tips or suggestions to get rid of the hair algae.
Here are my water parameters
0 ammonia
0 nitrate
0 nitrite
0.25 phosphate I think I couldn't tell that well the test wasn't clear its either that or 0 phosphate
8.0 PH
500 calcium
80f
Thankyou for all your help
Ya thanks I will do that.Just remember the hermits crabs will eventually want new shells and might kill a snail for theres. When you go to the store to buy them ask for some empty shells as well. In the way of snails and crabs that seems like a perfectly fine amount.
The hair algae really isn't that long that I have in my tank I will send a pic.And also like was said before you need to scrub any of the really long hair algea and get it put by hand bc no one really eats the really long algae they like to eat the short stuff.
So I would say take out the filter and the heater and all of your equipment and give it a good cleaning. Next time you do a water change grab a rock or two and an old toothbrush and scrub them and dip them in the old tank water to get off what you can. Then buy the clean up crew and see what they do. It may take a clean up crew and grabbing a rock or two and scrubbing every waterchange for a month but you should be good.Here it is
Alright got it I will try to do that.So I would say take out the filter and the heater and all of your equipment and give it a good cleaning. Next time you do a water change grab a rock or two and an old toothbrush and scrub them and dip them in the old tank water to get off what you can. Then buy the clean up crew and see what they do. It may take a clean up crew and grabbing a rock or two and scrubbing every waterchange for a month but you should be good.