Nano hair algae

[Andrewalex11]

I have a 10 gallon Nano reed aquarium that is experiencing some hardcore brown hair algae. I've gotten it under control on my own terms and it seems to be getting slightly better, but I was wondering what in a 10 gallon Nano could I add that would help graze some of the junk off my corals/rocks !? Since I have such limited size my options are limited as well. Thoughts?

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

I have a 10 gallon Nano reed aquarium that is experiencing some hardcore brown hair algae. I've gotten it under control on my own terms and it seems to be getting slightly better, but I was wondering what in a 10 gallon Nano could I add that would help graze some of the junk off my corals/rocks !? Since I have such limited size my options are limited as well. Thoughts?

I've used cerith, astrea, small turbo, nerite, trochus, and margarita snails as well as red legged hermit crabs and emerald crabs for algae control in my nano. They all do the same job, more or less, but don't expect complete annihilation of all algae

As long as you get the water parameters under control, the cleanup crew should be able to help pick most of it off. You can try manual removal as well, just be sure to siphon out from around the area you picked at, otherwise the little bits and pieces will spread and create new areas of algae.

 

[Andrewalex11]

I've used cerith, astrea, small turbo, nerite, trochus, and margarita snails as well as red legged hermit crabs and emerald crabs for algae control in my nano. They all do the same job, more or less, but don't expect complete annihilation of all algae

As long as you get the water parameters under control, the cleanup crew should be able to help pick most of it off. You can try manual removal as well, just be sure to siphon out from around the area you picked at, otherwise the little bits and pieces will spread and create new areas of algae.

Yeah thats what I'm looking for is a nice clean up crew to basically get rid of all the junk that is left over because my prevention methods have definitely froze growth/spread.

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Yeah thats what I'm looking for is a nice clean up crew to basically get rid of all the junk that is left over because my prevention methods have definitely froze growth/spread.

The best clean up crew is a diverse one, I always try to keep a good number of bunch of different snails and hermit crabs. I sort of only get emerald crabs as I need them though since they can be a bit aggressive and move stuff around. Big turbo snails will eat a lot but also shove corals and rocks out of the way, so be wary of that.

 

[brandon429]

Andrew if you want to, consider the toughest fix there is, a full tank redo. its skip cycle work, you'll lose nothing but gain a sparkling tank

in huge threads we take these nanos fully apart, blast rinse the whole sandbed purely clean, rinse out the rocks, kill the algae such that its dead within 48 hours, and then reassemble everything after maybe an hour's work and the tank looks brand new.

then you do your experiments that you are about to start today. you cannot imagine the world of difference in tank restoration threads where actions to the water or clean up crew additions are dead last activity. We don't even require clean up crews to be totally algae free, I haven't had to manage algae in seven years due to the technique, its both a preventative and a remover.

Purposefully farming algae (though we seek ways to get it gone agreed) and purposefully having a sandbed that will cloud if a hand reaches in and grabs some (if sand is applicable here, it is in most nanos) are just what algae needs to last, past 48 hours.

If you want to do it Id add your tank to our rip cleaning algae gone by Saturday threads. there's no doubt nine other methods can work, that allow the sandbed waste to remain (if applicable) and the algae to stay in place, heck people are treating tanks with fluco pills killing the algae that way.

The key to the sandbed rinse is preps for invaders that those pills will not beat, they're small scope battle implements.

having the ability to simply command your tank free of algae anytime you want means you can be algae free forever in a ten gallon tank and we never need to know phosphate, nitrate etc to be that way. forcing a sandbed clean and killing algae via cheat kill at the same time doesn't allow for the option of continued invasion. Most doubt the skip cycle reassembly, so we make big threads showing others work ~

Large tanks typically must work with the water as full rip cleanings are impractical. A nano however can be cheated back to clean instantly, even if the prior month's running was less than ideal.

Feed a large tank too much or too often, we'll create a sink that requires hours or days of takedown and reassembly work to export back out but for a nano, its an hour's job and how we ran before the cleaning event doesn't really matter.

its ideal to make your tank algae free and fuel free now, then take anti algae measures on the restored condition.

 

[Zack857]

I had an emerald crab... he disappeared.