Little problem

[jasutton]

OK my five gallon has been up and running for the past 2 months. Corals in it only look ok...but are picking up. My problem is that i have a bunch of snail poop that i cant get rid of.

I have 1 scarlet reef hermit in there and two astrea for the algea. There is no filter, rather i built a false wall outta acrylic and have an overflow with baffles and cheato in the back and a small return pump as the filtration.


anyone know of a good way to remove to poop? Ceriths? Bala star? anything??

thanks!

 

[glassbox-design]

water changes. siphon it out...otherwise it will cause the trates to rise.

 

[nmprisons]

more flow

 

[Pufferpunk]

Even creatures that eat detrious have to poo...

 

[BenjieC]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8654672#post8654672 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nmprisons
more flow

Yup, what he said.

 

[glassbox-design]

more flow will just hide the problem. It will get it out of the main display and in the back trapped by the chaeto....which will then cause trates to rise. As puffer said everything poops, so even if you get something to eat snail poop it's not going to do a whole lot. you have to export it.

 

[hansnfrans]

What about adding those "micro" serpent stars? You can find 'em on ebay for a good price.

 

[MoCha920]

neeed more filteration and circulation

 

[newnano]

water changes. easy on a 5g

 

[jasutton]

the water changes are easy, but fitting my syphon in is hard, so its hard to get the crap off the sand

 

[hansnfrans]

I guess you could use a 3/8" diameter hose and use your mouth to start the siphon. Just gotta be quick though .