Hello,
I have a little 5-gallon with a few of the more basic types of algae.
Recently, I went out of town and had someone monitor the tank. In the meantime, I lost control of the nuisance algae growing on my pretty stuff. Usually, I really don't mind hair algae that much, but in this tank, I want to have it eradicated.
It's smothering my Gracilaria Hayi, which is now getting more drab and yellow.
It's turning my pretty Halimeda into snotty flag poles.
And worst of all it's always catching debris and bubbles and making everything look SOOOOO bad!
I always removed the stuff manually, but now even after a deep clean I just can't get rid of all of it. I need some CUC that can pick it off of the delicate branches.
I worry that even the smallest crabs will snap the little branches, snails too. Some (very) small algae-eating fish would be the ideal solution, but I don't know if that even exists.
The tank is very overrun, the only inhabitant is a single sexy shrimp. I can afford to add something to help clean up this mess.
I will include pictures of the sheer devastation in some following posts.
Please help my little tank, It's my favorite so far.
I have a little 5-gallon with a few of the more basic types of algae.
Recently, I went out of town and had someone monitor the tank. In the meantime, I lost control of the nuisance algae growing on my pretty stuff. Usually, I really don't mind hair algae that much, but in this tank, I want to have it eradicated.
It's smothering my Gracilaria Hayi, which is now getting more drab and yellow.
It's turning my pretty Halimeda into snotty flag poles.
And worst of all it's always catching debris and bubbles and making everything look SOOOOO bad!
I always removed the stuff manually, but now even after a deep clean I just can't get rid of all of it. I need some CUC that can pick it off of the delicate branches.
I worry that even the smallest crabs will snap the little branches, snails too. Some (very) small algae-eating fish would be the ideal solution, but I don't know if that even exists.
The tank is very overrun, the only inhabitant is a single sexy shrimp. I can afford to add something to help clean up this mess.
I will include pictures of the sheer devastation in some following posts.
Please help my little tank, It's my favorite so far.