Clean up Crew?

[E_rock]

Just looking for some input.

I am still battling the vertimid worms and their spider webs. Along with some cyano and a few new small patches of hair algae. I have done everything I could think of to try and reduce my nitrates and p04. No3 is reading 0 on my API test kit. (need to buy a phosphate test kit. Any suggestions?)
I am running my skimmer wetter, RODI, I blow off all my rocks daily with my maxi jet, Added a reactor about a month ago with Rox and GFO. And I am doing water changes every couple of days. But cyano still grows back within hours!! :angryfire:

Then I looked at my CUC and I only have a hand full of snails. Maybe hopefully thats what I need to push my tank in the clear? Looking for some recommendations on where to buy. I have heard good things about reefcleaners.org. Whats in your crew? Snails, hermits, conchs, crabs, shrimp? Hoping to get something more than just snails.

I also run a fuge with cheato growing in it that grows great. Is there anything else that would do well down there to clean up the junk that gets caught in the ruble and cheato.

PS: Side question, Theres about 3" of sand in the fuge. But the fuge is not very big maybe 12" long in a 30 gallon tank. Would I be better off taking the sand out. And keeping it cleaner down there?

Sorry I have alot of little questions. I dont feel justify a whole thread.

 

[Eastamherstbias]

wasn't there just an article about a type of coral crabs keeping them in check?

 

[cjrbuf1]

I thought snails would help my cyano battle but adding more did absolutely nothing. I solved mine by adding two reactors running GFO and GAC. If you just added your reactors a month ago give it some time or consider increasing the GFO.

 

[cardiffgiant]

I'm not a fan of substrate in a refugium. Chaeto and other macros restrict flow around the surface and cause a lot of detritus to sink.

 

[cjrbuf1]

I have a few inches of sand in my refugium, but I am looking to remove it. I have been siphoning it out slowly with each water change

 

[tmz]

I'd take the sand out of the macro algae refugium. Mine got to be a mess, ; been great for about 5 years without it.

FWI I keep a few astrea and turbos . Maybe 20 or so for all 7 tanks combined. Just a few scarlet hermits.

The vermitds(web masters) can be removed with a frag cutting tool just crush them and use tweezers to remove them. They are interesting creatures but thier webs tend to accumulate detritus and they proliferate in well fed tanks even with low NO3 and PO4 ,ime.