Jared Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 i keep getting a nasty skin of reddish brown algea, i dont have anything in my tank that moves the sand, so what is the best guy to clean up this mess? Link to comment
BustytheSnowMaam Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Baja snails, also called cerith snails (I think)- they will clean between the glass and the sand and in the sandbed. Link to comment
canaduck Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 It does sound like cyano. What's your test kit saying about nitrate levels? A pistol shrimp will excavate the entire tank for you. Mine has caves and holes all over the place, and he re-decorates constantly. Link to comment
vyger Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Get some crabs/snails to move the sand around a bit...also sounds like you don't have enuf flow( water circulation) in the tank. How big is the tank....how many power heads do you have ...pushing how much water....direct a power head at the spots where the algae is building up. maybe you have some dead spots Link to comment
Jared Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 whats cyano? i'll have to doulbe check my levels tonight, its a ten gallon cube with a 250gph canister and a seio m620 powerhead, the sand is light so i cant really blow flow at it, im just using a thin layer of sand Link to comment
DrunkTank Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Nassarius Snails http://www.marinedepotlive.com/nassarius-s...ed-animals.html Link to comment
reefone Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 cyno is a bacteria thats red brownish color and is stringy i have nass snail mexican turbo skunk cleaner astrea and nothing touched it. i had to suck iy up with a turkey baster the best i could thrn dose with chemi clean.now theres no more left Link to comment
chrisstankevitz Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Cerith snails eat algae off sand. Queen Conches eat algae off sand Nessarius snails to not eat algae of sand, but they do stir the sand a bit when they burrow. Link to comment
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