products to get rid of alge please

[PEVINE11]

very wattery, i dono why.


my fish will be ok if i feed them everyother day? ( i have a clown, dart fish and a shrimp )



also did u say more rock will help? i can get like 10 more lbs. . . . .

 

[Twitterbait]

Watery skimmate is fine. skimming wet pulls more out than skimming dry. you should have some crap at the bottom of the cup. I would try and avoid chaeto, all seaweeds will become a problem at some point and they really are not the best to get rid of nutrients. what kind of skimmer are you using?

 

[Max]

I've always used sea weed but, I stay on top of trimming as well. If you won't do that I agree they aren't any good. I would cut back on feedings and try to get some form of nutrient export. I'm not a big fan of anything chemical required to keep your tank stable there is too mcuh room for failure.
Hth and keep us posted
max

 

[welsher7]

what are your water parameters? how often do you do waterchanges? how big are your water changes? adding more rock will not help the situation at all.

 

[zdoo2]

keeping the lights to try to kill it off wont kill it, just prolong the process of killing it. do lots of water changes or large ones

 

[Grins]

I would try and avoid chaeto, all seaweeds will become a problem at some point and they really are not the best to get rid of nutrients.

What problem are you suggesting chaeto will create? If it is in a fuge and pruned to remove nitrates it is an effective tool in keeping a healthy marine tank.

 

[Twitterbait]

Seaweed still captures debris and keeps it in suspension, which allows that debris to dissolve into phosphate. it also will not remove Phosphate and nitrogenious compuunds as fast as a skimmer can (by eliminating the debris).

additionally you will always run the risk of seaweed going sexual and spewing a ton of eggs and sperm into your tank and killing your coral and sensitive fish.

it may have a place somewhere, but not in my tank.

 

[Grins]

Chaeto doesn't go sexual like that. And it isn't meant to be the cure all to removing excess or negative nutrients to a tank. It is meant to be a tool just like anything we use in our systems. Live rock can capture debris as well but it certainly isn't enough of a reason to forgo using it in my opinion.

 

[Twitterbait]

While i will agree that chaeto is safer, it does have a bad habit of trying to take over whatever space it is in. back in the day i even had some make it from my sump into my display. Chaeto also winds pretty tight which will hold organics in suspension which will cause a problem over time.

in the end i have never seen a refugium that was able to keep up or even assist a good skimmer... just my opinion.

 

[Grins]

Like anything it has to be maintained, if you pull out clumps to remove the nitrates and shake it a bit it can be useful. However, I do appreciate that there are many ways to approach the hobby and that it might not be your preference for running a tank.