RDCompton03
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I recently added 5 turbo snails to a 60 gal system. Prior to that I had only had two margurita snail. I started to get an early outbreak of hair algea along with a lot of the brown algea that grows in the high flow areas. Not sure whats its called. The algea is no surprise to me since I feed my tank a little heavy.In any case I added 5 mexican turbos to the tank. I have been really pleased with them. They mow through the algea like lawn mowers. I hear that they dont always last long in a tank for whatever reason but so far I love these little guys.
So my question is that I have noticed a pretty good spike in my nitrites. Could this be caused by all the snail poop being added to my tank or should I look to another cause? If it is possible it occurs to me that maybe the tank is better off with some algea than the nitrites. Any thoughts??
So my question is that I have noticed a pretty good spike in my nitrites. Could this be caused by all the snail poop being added to my tank or should I look to another cause? If it is possible it occurs to me that maybe the tank is better off with some algea than the nitrites. Any thoughts??
