Algae

[Isiah1820]

Hair algae? Glass clean but the back wall is pretty covered. Turbo did half *** job eating it lol. Some of it is stringy and long. Scrap and water change 50%?

 

[lapin]

The water change will not do much to remove the algae. If you have high nutrients and want to lower them and feel thats causing the algae then do it. Since your tank is new, I would say this is a film algae. Wiping the glass with a magnet cleaner more often will keep it clean. But make the snails unhappy at dinner time

 

[Isiah1820]

The water change will not do much to remove the algae. If you have high nutrients and want to lower them and feel thats causing the algae then do it. Since your tank is new, I would say this is a film algae. Wiping the glass with a magnet cleaner more often will keep it clean. But make the snails unhappy at dinner time

It could be caused by the chaeto I have. I put it in already with no light. Light came in mail today. Just gotta get some velcro to stick to the back of the tank.

 

[Reefrookie733]

Hair algae? Glass clean but the back wall is pretty covered. Turbo did half *** job eating it lol. Some of it is stringy and long. Scrap and water change 50%?

Can you add a few more turbo snails to the tank? newbie here just wondering if that would help.

 

[Isiah1820]

I have maybe 7-8 snails already. They just need to work that back wall. But I may just leave it be, as long as my glass is clear.

 

[Isiah1820]

I'm figuring out turbo snails do a quick sloppy job. Trochus do a slow clean job. If that makes sense.