algee

james deluca · 03/20/2007, 11:50 AM

what would work best to get rid of my green algee i have 11 snales and 12 hermits already in my 55 and going to get more soon
i only have 3 fish in it to

papagimp · 03/20/2007, 11:52 AM

how old is the tank?

Do you have a refugium/sump set up?

How much do you feed?

Nitrate levels?Phosphate levels?

Lighting used/photoperiod used?

fyi, the hermits really arn't going to do much for algae. They opportunistic and will go for just about anything. Algae if no other food is present, but I bet they'll wind up going after left over food more than algae.

What type of snails do you have?

The best method for me, is to use a refugium stocked heavily with macro algae. but others have methods that are just as effective.

TrueblueNY · 03/20/2007, 12:26 PM

a little more info would be good to have like papgimp said... if it is a young tank and has not had enough time to develop coralline algae, you may have green algae for awhile, or maybe the nutrients are high in the tank... lots of possibilities....

james deluca · 04/04/2007, 01:50 PM

well it has been set up for one year now has coraline and i just changed to pc lights 2 10k daylights and 2 antics light bio lod water changes about ever 3 weeks and have not put in sump or anything like that yet just put in a new skimmer run a canister filter every 3 weeks have an undergravel system and deep sand bed with about 20ils of live rock i have roufly 6 terbo snales and some outher random ones and as far as Nitrate levels/Phosphate levels Nitrate levels are normal and i dont know about Phosphate levels dont have test kits for that and the antics are on at 7:30-9:30 and daylights are on at 8:25-9:00

03/20/2007, 11:50 AM	#1
james deluca Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: u.s. nv. Posts: 59	algee what would work best to get rid of my green algee i have 11 snales and 12 hermits already in my 55 and going to get more soon i only have 3 fish in it to

03/20/2007, 11:52 AM	#2
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	how old is the tank? Do you have a refugium/sump set up? How much do you feed? Nitrate levels?Phosphate levels? Lighting used/photoperiod used? fyi, the hermits really arn't going to do much for algae. They opportunistic and will go for just about anything. Algae if no other food is present, but I bet they'll wind up going after left over food more than algae. What type of snails do you have? The best method for me, is to use a refugium stocked heavily with macro algae. but others have methods that are just as effective. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

03/20/2007, 12:26 PM	#3
TrueblueNY Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Upstate NY (Albany area) Posts: 22	a little more info would be good to have like papgimp said... if it is a young tank and has not had enough time to develop coralline algae, you may have green algae for awhile, or maybe the nutrients are high in the tank... lots of possibilities....

04/04/2007, 01:50 PM	#4
james deluca Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: u.s. nv. Posts: 59	well it has been set up for one year now has coraline and i just changed to pc lights 2 10k daylights and 2 antics light bio lod water changes about ever 3 weeks and have not put in sump or anything like that yet just put in a new skimmer run a canister filter every 3 weeks have an undergravel system and deep sand bed with about 20ils of live rock i have roufly 6 terbo snales and some outher random ones and as far as Nitrate levels/Phosphate levels Nitrate levels are normal and i dont know about Phosphate levels dont have test kits for that and the antics are on at 7:30-9:30 and daylights are on at 8:25-9:00