diatom bloom

[emonemo420]

im getting a pretty good bloom starting..could it be cause i removed all the hair algae???

wats the best way to get rid of it

 

[Jocephus]

Mollie.

 

[a1amap]

Flow.

 

[SnEaKyPoLoCk]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11805631#post11805631 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Jocephus
Mollie.

Heck yea! I'm getting one like Joe. Lil bugger works.

 

[RBU1]

If this is a new setup or new bulbs you are leaving your lights on to long. It takes bulbs a good 100 hours of burn time before they are producing ideal par values. If this is a new setup reduce your lighting to no more than 7 hours per day. In a week or two you will see a difference.

 

[Gordonious]

Remind us what you have in there creating flow? What type of foods are you feeding the tank as well?

 

[tat2tillidie]

whats a mollie?

 

[a1amap]

The Molly is a tropical fish that prefers a little salt in their water. A teaspoon of aquarium salt per 5 gallons of water will go a long way in helping them. This is a very attractive tropical fish that comes in many different colors such as orange, green and black. Some of the more popular varieties include the sailfin, balloon and the dalmation

 

[Jocephus]

I have a black one in my 65, it cleans the sand wwwaaaayyy better than my goby.

 

[a1amap]

Flow

 

[kaptken]

big Queen Conch. they clean mostly the sand including slime and diatom. and some hair too. I have a pair i bought 4 years ago that were less than an inch long, and they are both over 3 inches long now. cruise around the tank like sheep.

 

[Jocephus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11816308#post11816308 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by a1amap
Flow

Mollie,

Al- I'll make a believer out of you one day. I'll let you borrow mine, he's already been through my, "special acclimation procedure". Sifts the sand all day long!

I can't afford a queen conch.

 

[Gordonious]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11817154#post11817154 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Jocephus
I can't afford a queen conch.

Find a store that keeps there conch in with the corals. Wait for a conch to climb onto the coral you plan on buying. Grab the newest guy/guy that doesn't seen to care in the store and ask him to grab that coral for you.

 

[a1amap]

Queen Conch - 6.99
Fighting Conch - 7.99
The look of your tank after you let them graze - priceless

 

[Gordonious]

Have to get at least two conchs so they can graze each other. :-D

 

[icy1155]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11821231#post11821231 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gordonious
Have to get at least two conchs so they can graze each other. :-D

True... my conch has the most algae on it of anything in the tank...

 

[Jocephus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11818835#post11818835 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gordonious
Find a store that keeps there conch in with the corals. Wait for a conch to climb onto the coral you plan on buying. Grab the newest guy/guy that doesn't seen to care in the store and ask him to grab that coral for you.

Ha, that's how I got half of my snails!

 

[zeusfc]

i went the molly route... loads of algae for them, so i bought three, spent a full day acclimatising them. they love the tank, and confuse the hell out of visitors... " so if i can keep mollys, can i have coral too"?

trouble is, i now have twenty baby mollys in there too!

 

[Jocephus]

Haha, you need to acclimate an oscar to eat your mollies!

What's next, acclimate some of those cute little neon tetra's? HEHE might work.

 

[Gordonious]

Twenty baby mollys? Are they the only fish you are keeping? When my mollys had fry it was feeding time for everyone else.