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What type of cuc will eat the wiry stuff?
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I also reccomend a lawnmower blenny. While they are extremely ugly
with enough snails you can totally avoid this problem. bushier algae forms when your snails cant keep up in the first place. if you have enough snails they will keep this algae mowed down and it will never get to the point of being bushy. I mix astrea and blackfooted trochus snails. Roughly 1 snail per gallon, 66% blackfooted trochus 33% astrea. this combo is amazingly effective in a frag tank. the trochus navigate frag racks a lot better than the astrea keep the tank walls clean. I also reccomend a lawnmower blenny. While they are extremely ugly, they will do the work of a TON of snails and have no problems navigating the frag rack.
A Tang will also help, but I have found that while a freshly introduced tang will devour bushy algae, they tend to stop eating it after a while. Still they are an invaluable member of the CUC.
However, even with all of the above, you may have touble eliminating the existing bushy algae in your tank. At this point, I highly recommend picking up a few emerald crabs. They have no problem devouring bushy algae. They rip it off constantly. Its wonderful to watch! I know some people are concerned when adding crabs, but since its a frag tank, removing them should be easy should they become a problem. From my experience they solve way more problems than they cause(removing bubble algae for instance).
The same goes for peppermints should you end up with aiptasia.
Did you mean 4 to 1 ratio of tank water to 3% peroxide?.. NOT 4:1 ratio of peroxide to tank water? Looks good .. I'm about to dip so just checkin..I'll prob do 5:1 to be safe. And do 1 min to start.I just diped using a 4:1 ratio of 3% H2O2 to tank water for 5 minutes. ill give you some before and after.
And 4 days later
Obviously I didnt dip everything i was worried about melting but tomorrow of the next day they are all going in. Now bad effects on any of them.
Thank you for the tip.I put them in a 50/50 mix of h202/tank water for one minute while gently shaking the frag. Sometimes I will also use a toothbrush to remove someof the algae. If the algae comes back, I repeat the process again. Haven't lost a frag this way, and I've dipped zoos, lps, sps, nps, and softies.
100% hydrogen peroxide is basically one half of rocket fuel. Do you mean 3% hydrogen peroxide that you did not dilute?Just tried an experiment and did a 100% hydrogen peroxide dip for 30 seconds . It's been a few hours and so far there's 0 algae and I don't see any negative effect on the corals but will post a comment if I see some. I dipped mostly SPS
No it was 100% 100% Hydrogen peroxide Of course 3% lol but what I meant is I did not use any other liquid with it100% hydrogen peroxide is basically one half of rocket fuel. Do you mean 3% hydrogen peroxide that you did not dilute?