Algae!!!

[RockoC87]

I have 13 turbo snails, and 2 fighting conchs, and 11 hemits right now, and im getting a algae bloom on the sand and on a couple of rocks. The stringy red ****. Anyway to get rid of it fast cause its seems to be spreading. and when i had a little bloom before i got the snails and stuff it went away. so any helpful things. My nitrites and ammonia are at zero and my nitrates are at like 13.

[Ram_Puppy]

try increasing the water flow in that area of the tank, and remember that conch's can clean a sand bed of it's life, they do not eat algae above the rock line or on the walls of the tank.

How big is your tank?

I think a crucial part of sandbed maintenance is to have nassarius snails in it, they stir the sand naturally.

[cbianco]

Ram_Puppy said:

I think a crucial part of sandbed maintenance is to have nassarius snails in it, they stir the sand naturally.


I agree 100 percent. The few nassarius that I have are worth their weight in gold. Of course you never actually see these snails or know what they are doing at any given time, but I guess that no news is good news.

Christopher

EDIT: Are you saying that you have cyano (hence the "stringy red s-word")?

[merlin21k]

Cyano is usually the color orange, no? Cuz after doing some readjusting i started to get some on my rockwork. Never had the porblem before but i guess you live and learn.

[blueboy]

sounds like cyano to me. i would do a water change( those nitrates are a little high), paying special attention to siphon the area well, and doing your best to catch all of the algae. you might have to do a few, but that combined with increased water flow to the area should do it.

[cbianco]

merlin21k said:

Cyano is usually the color orange

Actually cyano comes in various colors from red/orange to blue green. Many people do not realize that they have cyano because color can fluctuate so much.

Christopher

[Shark_Bait]

Cyano is usally do to Phospates. If it's just starting the water change if you suck most of it up will help. If it's starting to get out of control Chemi-Clean work good. If your at the chemical warefare stage.

[Ram_Puppy]

does anyone know, if you use chemi-clean, does it cause the phosphates to precipitate out? or do they become bio-available again. Regardless, I am sure a water change right after using it is highly reccomended.

[seamonkey2]

I have used chemi clean before, and on the intructions it states to DO a 20% water change 24 hrs. after using it, I have let it go for 72 hrs. with no side effects, but do A water change

I don't know if phospates will precipitated

Jose

[demodiki]

I resorted to using chemi clean and it kicked my cyano right in the jimmy. It hasn't returned after about 2 months.

[Shark_Bait]

I resorted to using chemi clean and it kicked my cyano right in the jimmy. It hasn't returned after about 2 months.

Mine too; that's why the recomedation.