Algae ID

Roy 9121 · Mar 5, 2017

sonubhai said:
Any snails I put in don't last more then a couple of weeks, [emoji26] don't know why. That's why ordered the Triton test before adding anymore snails. The fish are OK just the snails die in a couple of weeks.

Test your magnesium

sonubhai · Mar 5, 2017

Roy 9121 said:
Test your magnesium

Mag around 1320

Roy 9121 · Mar 5, 2017

sonubhai said:
Mag around 1320

Not sure if that is to high, i know they don't like high mag. I usually have a hard time keeping them for very long, but for some reason the 5 i have now have been around for months. I don't know why.
You can also get a sea hare, but it will eat all that algae in about a day, then starve. Some times you can get your LFS to rent you one. The one I go to let's me buy one when i need it, then return it for store credit.

Chuck gutshall · Mar 5, 2017

I would remove as much as possible by hand and big water changes will help as well. Getting a clean up crew would be the best way and testing water for copper as invertebrates can't live woth copper in water

sonubhai · Mar 5, 2017

Roy 9121 said:
Not sure if that is to high, i know they don't like high mag. I usually have a hard time keeping them for very long, but for some reason the 5 i have now have been around for months. I don't know why.
You can also get a sea hare, but it will eat all that algae in about a day, then starve. Some times you can get your LFS to rent you one. The one I go to let's me buy one when i need it, then return it for store credit.

That's is pretty normal for mag, let me see if anyone has sea hare near me. Thanks

sonubhai · Mar 5, 2017

Chuck gutshall said:
I would remove as much as possible by hand and big water changes will help as well. Getting a clean up crew would be the best way and testing water for copper as invertebrates can't live woth copper in water

I wonder how I would got copper in the tank. I have sent water to Triton for testing I will find out soon.

Roy 9121 · Mar 5, 2017

sonubhai said:
That's is pretty normal for mag, let me see if anyone has sea hare near me. Thanks

If you do get a sea hare, keep and eye on it. You don't want it to die in your tank. You can also feed them algea pellets or nori

Chuck gutshall · Mar 5, 2017

I would at a pet store and take care of the fish there. And we had high copper in our systems. We got it out by running an OR system and also running gfo in a reactor is the best but gfo in a nylon bags work as well

saltwaterfishes · Mar 6, 2017

Maybe over feeding the tank?

sonubhai · Mar 6, 2017

saltwaterfishes said:
Maybe over feeding the tank?

Don't think so I only feed once a day when I come back home at night. I will try to stop feeding various things I feed em through the week and just try feeding pallets though. And see how things are. Thanks for the advice.