I hate diatoms
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Mavrk
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What kind of snails? Some sand stirrers would help out.
Nassarius snails hide in the sand and eat the detritus in there (unless there is food out or it is night time). It is cool to watch them come out during feeding time like zombies rising from the grave
Ceriths go in the sand, on the rocks, and on the glass. I don't mind seeing snails around, so I have a bunch of those.
Try http://reefcleaners.org/. They will ship certain snails priority mail instead of Express so it is affordable. Just got a nice shipment in from them myself.
Nassarius snails hide in the sand and eat the detritus in there (unless there is food out or it is night time). It is cool to watch them come out during feeding time like zombies rising from the grave
Ceriths go in the sand, on the rocks, and on the glass. I don't mind seeing snails around, so I have a bunch of those.
Try http://reefcleaners.org/. They will ship certain snails priority mail instead of Express so it is affordable. Just got a nice shipment in from them myself.
outy
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alumina based phos removers work excellent for silicates, much better then GFO
drummereef
Team RC
Bingo. I would have the LFS test the TDS in front of you. If it's anything other than 0 stop buying it. It will probably be cheaper in the long run to purchase an RO/DI unit anyway. Silicates definitely feed diatoms. The only way I know to rid the source water of silicate is to have 0 TDS water after the DI stage. Overtime, with pure water, the diatoms will go away but I would presume it's a water quality issue to begin with. Again as others have posted, a pic would be very helpful. It's hard to diagnose an algae issue without seeing it.
Just made a big order with them myself. Got a new 180g w/250lbs of live rock and the rust alge is starting with me also.
Thanks for the info and recommendation:bounce1:
