Nitrate and phosphate undetectable. Hair algea still growing
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one emerald crab for every 10lbs. of live rock in the tank. they eat hair, bubble, slime, and any other type of algae you grow. i always keep at least 2 in my 29g. also cut your lights back to 8 hours total, and try breaking them into two sections of 4 hrs each. morning and evening. good luck
makbarracuda;4342723; said:one emerald crab for every 10lbs. of live rock in the tank. they eat hair, bubble, slime, and any other type of algae you grow. i always keep at least 2 in my 29g. also cut your lights back to 8 hours total, and try breaking them into two sections of 4 hrs each. morning and evening. good luck
Bad plan emerald crabs will get big and when they get big they decide algae is not as tasty as it once was... aka they will eat corals, snails, hermits, shrimp, and even the odd unlucky fish. Yes I suppose you could remove and replace as they become a problem but isn't that rather cruel considering a lawmower blenny will do fine (and doesn't need removing).
I hear lawnmowers are actually B/A when it comes to eating algae, pretty interesting to watch too.Kevin8888;4342747; said:Bad plan emerald crabs will get big and when they get big they decide algae is not as tasty as it once was... aka they will eat corals, snails, hermits, shrimp, and even the odd unlucky fish. Yes I suppose you could remove and replace as they become a problem but isn't that rather cruel considering a lawmower blenny will do fine (and doesn't need removing).
i gots arrow crabs,turbo snails,diamond goby(for sand algae and or parasites in the sand),cleaner shrimp...... there great for bio load algae and parasite purposes
im not going to lie I kind of wish I had some hair algea cause I need some more green. I would get snails. not those mystery snails they sell at petco but ask them to pick out some snails that live in the elodea or their other water plants my neighbor has them they are small reproduce fast and are efficient good luck.
Planetnicolas;4344914; said:im not going to lie I kind of wish I had some hair algea cause I need some more green. I would get snails. not those mystery snails they sell at petco but ask them to pick out some snails that live in the elodea or their other water plants my neighbor has them they are small reproduce fast and are efficient good luck.
ya they are very good for cleaners....
