saltwater6900
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i was wondering if there is a good way to get rid of green alge that grows on the walls other than a rasor blade. also what causes it to grow thanks
green alge
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What kind of snail do you like? I've had stocky ceriths, I never see them, but they lay eggs all over the glass. I've had nerites, most of them crawled out of the tank, and I found them on the floor within the wires. Astreas fall over and can't right themselves and die.
What are you buying?
What are you buying?
Modemagic
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Typically I run with the astreas and the mexican turbos, mainly the turbos. I have one in my 75, big snail, about golfball size, 'Turbo' is it's name, and cleaning up the joint is his game! I do on occasion have to get my arm wet and turn it over though. It seems as though there is always a waging battle between my hermit crabs and snails though, so they are always taking one anothers shells and such.
Modemagic
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13146536#post13146536 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Atticus
Phosphate precipitator. AKA Makes the phosphate or algae food fall out of the water column. I could go into chemical detail about how it works, but Randy Holmes Farley does a better job...
Are phosphates consumed by corals of any sort?
Phosphates are considered a pollutant/toxin and are found in very very low levels (next to none) in natural reefs. Although run off from farming/humans are changing that. Macro algae use phosphates for food and help keep them in check.
As far as I know there are not any corals that consume phosphates, and if there are they consume so little that it will not help with the phosphate levels in an aquarium.
As far as I know there are not any corals that consume phosphates, and if there are they consume so little that it will not help with the phosphate levels in an aquarium.
