Macro Algae

[fridmani]

Do you have snails and hermit crabs? If not, I would get a bunch of trochus snails and some scarlet hermits and some tiger conches for the sand. Urchin is also good. Just sounds like you need to modify your feeding practice and get a clean up crew going. The algae will also help.

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

I have tons of those tiny little snails that come out at night, I have a few Emerald crabs, and least one of these. I will be down to an area that has lots of good aquarium stores so maybe I can get a clean up crew there. I have a Blood Red Shrimp, One clown, one Pajama Cardinaifish and a purple fish, sorry I cannot spell it, it has black eye liner.

 

[fridmani]

Hmm, Not sure what that is. I would suggest some tiger conches and banded trochus snails. Stay away from turbo snails. They get too big and will knock down things. You can a couple nassirus snails too, Don't get too many. One conch will do. Let me know if you can't find them. I have a bunch in my tank.

 

[whiner25]

it's a stomatella - nice algae eater, very good for you tank.

 

[fridmani]

Oh, now I remember. Yeah they are basically hitchikers. They do eat algae, but you need a beefer clean up crew. LOl.

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

Too funny, the only creature in my tank doing something good.

 

[fridmani]

I have lots of pom pom left, a good amount of codium, and running low on prolifera.

 

[fridmani]

Lots of pom pom left.

 

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[Blue Spot Octopus]

I took your advice and I added a clean up crew to my IM 25, I also added a external reactor with filter floss, I got the skimmer working again and the tank looks great, on the road to recovery.
Nitrate 12PPM
PO4 was 0.33 down from 0.51.

 

[fridmani]

I took your advice and I added a clean up crew to my IM 25, I also added a external reactor with filter floss, I got the skimmer working again and the tank looks great, on the road to recovery.
Nitrate 12PPM
PO4 was 0.33 down from 0.51.

Great. I'm it's working out. LMK if you want some macro to top it off. lol.