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Got out of work early on Tuesday and ran to Petco to get a few more inverts
Got two emerald crabs which are HOUSING the turf or hair algae
3 black margherita snails
1 Scarlett red hermit
I keep moving my astrea onto my tiny frag rag where all my frags are currently and they keep the frags...
I believe it's turf algae and not GHA.
I'm getting a skimmer for my birthday December 23rd so that'll help exporting nutrients. My thought with growing macro algae is that it'll eat my already non existent nitrates.
I've been feeding much more than normal and I'll be reducing lights...
Any suggestions on how to export the nutrients ? More frequent water changes ? Only reason I don't do more frequent is because I'm trying to get the nitrates up
Thanks the positive reinforcement goes a long way! I have been looking at home depot website as I want to get some it's just so expensive to get is shipped from some random website.
I took the eggshell diffuser out and scrubbed it down in the bathtub with a toothbrush. I also raised it up another couple inches to get more movement beneath. It may be a combination of turf algae plus hair algae. The bare bottom had some patches and it was like pulling grass out of ground I...
It doesn't look like Dino's at all. But I could be totally wrong I'll do some research.
The red slime I heard is a side effect from vibrant.
The tank is ~ 6 months now ?