Will Snails eat this kind of Algae ?

Bonta · 08/10/2009, 05:54 PM

Hey RC, well my tank is getting horrible brown algae on the rocks. The left side has it worse. Earlier I had the same problem, so I scrubbed it off with a brush. 3 months later it came back .

Some spots have a mixture of red,brown, and orange in them.

Thanks ,

Calvin

bunzaroo · 08/10/2009, 07:38 PM

Is it like slime like with bubbles? If so I have the same problem in some spots. I don't think that any fish eat it.

redfishsc · 08/10/2009, 07:46 PM

You'll want to give us a better description than just the color.

What is the shape, size, texture, growth pattern, etc..... there are LOTS of brown colored algae out there.

And FWIW not many fish eat any of it, except for some of the leafy forms of brown algae (some tangs and foxfaces will chaw on it).

Elysia · 08/12/2009, 01:53 PM

However, if it is diatom growth, than most of your herbivore snails will eat it.

08/10/2009, 05:54 PM	#1
Bonta Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: California Posts: 453	Will Snails eat this kind of Algae ? Hey RC, well my tank is getting horrible brown algae on the rocks. The left side has it worse. Earlier I had the same problem, so I scrubbed it off with a brush. 3 months later it came back . Some spots have a mixture of red,brown, and orange in them. Thanks , Calvin __________________ I sometimes talk to my fish when no ones around. Current Tank Info: 60g

08/10/2009, 07:46 PM	#3
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	You'll want to give us a better description than just the color. What is the shape, size, texture, growth pattern, etc..... there are LOTS of brown colored algae out there. And FWIW not many fish eat any of it, except for some of the leafy forms of brown algae (some tangs and foxfaces will chaw on it). __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.

08/10/2009, 07:38 PM	#2
bunzaroo Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Miami,FL Posts: 617	Is it like slime like with bubbles? If so I have the same problem in some spots. I don't think that any fish eat it.

08/12/2009, 01:53 PM	#4
Elysia Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,718	However, if it is diatom growth, than most of your herbivore snails will eat it.