Should I do a water change

DraggingTail · Sep 28, 2018

My nitrates are 0 and my calcium and hardness are in line.

I want to vacuum out some algae, see below.

Should I do a water change or just let the algae filter out and change my floss? Or, just leave it be?

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 28, 2018

Leave it imo.

That’s actually the better approach.
You tested and found no reason for a water change.

Scrub that alage though and it’s time to get some snails though.
My. .02.

DraggingTail · Sep 28, 2018

saltyfilmfolks said:
Leave it imo.

That’s actually the better approach.
You tested and found no reason for a water change.

Scrub that alage though and it’s time to get some snails though.
My. .02.

I have 12 trochus, 12 zebra and 1 big unknown snail. ID the big one in my hand below if you can.

Should I add more? I can if needed.

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 28, 2018

What size is that tank please?

Look at turban snails and turbos.
Also astra.

Man that guy is fuzzy. No clue by eye.

Bayareareefer18 · Sep 28, 2018

Trochus are work horses. My astreas and ceriths stay pretty busy as well.

Tuxedo urchin is a great choice and well. Downside is mine is currently carrying four snails on his back so those are out of commission at the moment.

Lawnmower blenny works non stop also

DraggingTail · Sep 28, 2018

saltyfilmfolks said:
What size is that tank please?

Look at turban snails and turbos.
Also astra.

Man that guy is fuzzy. No clue by eye.

55 gallon

DraggingTail · Sep 28, 2018

saltyfilmfolks said:
What size is that tank please?

Look at turban snails and turbos.
Also astra.

Man that guy is fuzzy. No clue by eye.

He came with algae all over him

Bayareareefer18 · Sep 28, 2018

DraggingTail said:
55 gallon

How old is the tank?

I have a 75 so similar dimensions. I am about 6 months in and finally winning the algae battle. It has mostly gone away

Beefing up my cuc helped as well as getting po4 in check

I also did lots of scrubbing of rocks and cleaning of mechanical filtration

Manual removal will help cuc to get a handle on it

I had snails that looked like troll dolls for awhile lol