Guest floridaboy October 6, 2003 October 6, 2003 Everything is going well: fish are happy and tests are good unfortunatley a shrimp has died :( and algea is up. I have a 10 gal. with two clowns, one shrimp now, snails hermit crabs and a crab I dont see much that I am unfarmiliar with. My neighbor told me I could get a yellow tang for it. I trust him, but I dont want to kill anything. Is it safe too? Sam
ridetheducati October 7, 2003 October 7, 2003 Dont buy the tang. Buy Golden Astreas and one emerald crab. Continue to do water changes. It will pass.
michaelg October 7, 2003 October 7, 2003 Sam- can you describe the algae? Does it look like a plant with leaves or is it like a film on the glass? I hope that neighbor wasn't Mr. Howard! There is an urchin that may due the job- it is a blue "tuxedo" urchin. A pretty animal, and doesn't get too big. If it were to clear out all the algae, you could easily find a new home for it in a bigger tank.
Guest floridaboy October 10, 2003 October 10, 2003 the algea is a a layer of reddish slime over many of the planta lot of algea has died down since i have gotten 2 ernormous snails :p :O
Sph2sail October 10, 2003 October 10, 2003 guilty as charged. Two kinds of algae in the tank (three actually). Two varieties of calerpa (grape and feather) and he has a bit of a red slime cyano bloom going. For my system, adding tangs solved the calerpa. Other advice may prevail here. He added a couple of the large trocus snails and they are munching on all the algae. I get the impression they may solve a lot. As for tangs in a 10G, I've heard both sides. Small tank = bad idea -or- baby tang in a 10G never seems to notice. If it out-grows the system, trade it with a member. Other advice? s
ReefMon October 10, 2003 October 10, 2003 Hi Sam, Putting any tang in a tank that small is not an option. I thought you were joking! The reddish slime is cyanobacteria, a sure sign of high nutrients. Cut your feeding in half, then half again. Along with manual removal, decreased photo period (cut it by 25%), increased water changes you will see improvement. An additional powerhead running low in the water column will also help. Additionally you could try either a Sally Lightfoot or Mithrax (emerald) crab, but IMO it's a mater of too much nutrient input and not enough export. The blue tuxedo urchin is probably your best option. Please, do not put a tang into your tank. Tangs are open water grazers, in the wild they can cover several acres in a day. Sometimes I feel a 6' tank is much too confining for them. HTH Glenn R
OUsnakebyte October 10, 2003 October 10, 2003 Are those blue tuxedos reef safe? Or do they just plow over everything like those big mexican turbo snalis I currently have? I hate those friggin' things sometimes... They do clear out some algae though... A love, hate relationship I guess. Will they take out the coralline algae like other urchins? Cheers, Mike
Guest floridaboy October 11, 2003 October 11, 2003 i'v also had the suggestion of a royal gramma if that will be fine with false perculas sam :ghostface: :O
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