Can you spare some Chaeto Algae?

[tfp]

can anyone here spare some chaeto? jlmk and i'll come and get it or meet up with you.

i swore i'd never do a lit fuge again (hate scraping coralline) but i'm at wits end. i'm throwing everything but the kitchen sink into battling some kinda dino/cyano/diatom nightmare that has plagued me for over a year now.

Algae Woes

-tim

 

[Justin74]

Itd be my pleasure Tim.

-Justin

 

[JahReefster]

Tim, I can hook you up Monday if you like. Let me know.

Fred

 

[Unarce]

Tim - Just wondering if you tried Mexican Turbos. Whenever I saw some kind of algae I didn't like in my old system, I just placed a turbo right on top of it, and it would be gone the next morning.

 

[Justin74]

This stuff trully is the scourge of the sea:mad2: Until I can get all the calaurpa out of my tank, this will be a prolonged battle. I notice Ill get a bigger bloom if something goes sexual and dies,which inturn directly fuels it.

Ive also noticed after a heavy blowing and manual removal, that a waterchange does seem to drastically fuel it as well. This stuff really makes me question my LMB and tang's seemingly untimely death.I never knew it was poisenous till I read that link, thanks for posting it. I also dont have a fuge on this sps tank, which like you am seriously considering how to get one in, just for cheato and pods.

I did do a 24 hour lights off, and it was noticable, but like I said until the macro is gone, its gonna be a long battle.

-Justin

 

[Justin74]

Karl from what alot of people are saying nothing will really eat the stuff, and if they do they die I have two mexican turbos and they wont touch the stuff, everything but, pretty much.

-Justin

 

[tfp]

justin, lmk when we can meet up. maybe at yourreef again?
fred, i'll take you up on your offer but can we do next wednesday instead? ** i figure the more macro, the better. **

karl, i've got a few of them large mexican turbos and they do great for keeping the rock clear. however, they don't cruise the sand as much and this stuff grows pretty darn fast

i also added some nassarius snails from yourreef but only time will tell.

 

[Pico1]

Have you tried a lawnmower blenny? Mine sifts through the sand for algae all day long. What about a phos. reactor w/ rowaphos?

 

[tfp]

jordan, i've tried a lawnmower and some orange spot gobies too. the stuff appears to be toxic to them and coupled with its growth rate, its a no win situation. yep, running plenty of rowa gently thru a reactor.

 

[JahReefster]

Tim, any time you like. Just let me know when and I'll bring it to work.

Fred

P.s. Wish I'd known a couple of days ago... I just harvested a bunch and disposed of it. Brought some to the meeting too; put it up for the raffle because the person I thought wanted it wasn't able to make the meeting, I guess. Don't know who took it home.

F

 

[robertloop]

Naw... You dont want any of "his" crappy cheato... You want some of mine. Mine comes "A la cart" with fifty million bristle woms in it. :lol: Sure Tim, just reach in there and grab a handfull.

Anyways... You have probably heard every "try this" in the book but just in case, here goes.

Years ago I had rocks on top of sand. (for quite awhile) Crap built up under the rocks and started a wacko process of burning organics to produce broken down organics. <------ thoery. I read that somewhere.

I replaced the sand and placed the rocks on bare glass. I then pushed sand up to the rocks very shallow and deepend the bed further away from the rock. Could have been a mad coincidense I guess but the algae started disspearing in days. This caused a mini cycle with some diatoms for a week however but I was desperate and the goo was gone.

 

[robertloop]

Yet one more lame thought. Perhaps you're "feeding" the algae. I've notice a huge load of new must have reef "foods" on the market in the last few years..... PHyto pheast, cyclopeeze, this-that-and the other.. Whos knows? I havent tried any of these products. (yet) All I use now is homebrew phyto and flakes for the fish. B-ionic and reef plus are the other additives.

 

[Maximus]

Tim, which salt are you using? When I used Oceanic, that is the same type of stuff I had.

 

[tfp]

guys, i'll take a handful from each of you!

robert, i don't add anything but food (pe mysis, spectrum pellets, homemade mush).

sang, i've been using IO for about 2.5yrs. sent you a PM...maybe see you this weekend

 

[Justin74]

I can hook you up with a bag'o'greens at 1pm @yourreef? Im already meeting dots there as well.

-Justin

 

[Justin74]

er Saturday that is

-Justin

 

[Pico1]

I can give you your chaeto then too as I'll be meeting sacdots there and working.

 

[Justin74]

I left a ziploc there, hopefully you got it?

-Justin

 

[tfp]

argh! i've been out of town since friday mornin and haven't had internet access til now. i'll swing by yourreef tomorrow (monday). i'm sure john still has it.

tim