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The trouble with Turbo's

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charterreefer

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I bought some turbos last month to battle a red turf algae (gelidium) problem that I was having. They were said to be very capable of eating it. And eat it they did. However, soon after putting them in the tank they started dying off. Then I remembered why I stopped keeping them in my tank years ago...they slowly die! Went back in google land and reacquainted myself with turbos. They usually come from semi-tropical waters and really don't like temperatures above 74-75 degrees. They slowly bake! And, I would think that at 75deg they are getting pretty stressed out. What a shame. The most voracious algae eaters that I ever saw, only to see them slowly die.

Does anyone know any company that has turbo grazers that are regularly taken from more tropical waters? Where the turbos are used to 78-79 degree water?
 
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