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Canuckgod420 01-08-2012 05:07 PM

Saw the system yesterday....looking freaking good!
Seems as though the few snails you have in there are doing a fine job buddy....give them time, they will get it done.

sunoka 01-08-2012 06:20 PM

+2 on the seahare.Quickest way to control the agee

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Originally Posted by ScubaSteve (Post 663651)
+1 on the seahare.

PS. Dude, we haven't heard from you in a while. How's it been?


marie 01-08-2012 06:21 PM

Abalone are by far my favourite algae eaters.....they do get big but they are not as clumsy as turbos and very rarely knock frags over

Reefie 01-08-2012 08:13 PM

+3 on the Seahare! They are one of the most GENTLE creatures I have seen. It will knock over frags/corals that aren't affixed well, but on the ones that are, it will gently mow all the GHA right down to the rock. I've got 2 Tuxedo's that don't do as well as a job as the Seahare does!

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Originally Posted by sunoka (Post 668909)
+2 on the seahare.Quickest way to control the agee


ashr 01-08-2012 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tang daddy (Post 663073)
Running a phosban reactor with rowaphos or Gfo will help greatly aswell.

Id go with this idea.. and some turbo snails!

tang daddy 01-08-2012 10:24 PM

I suggested an algae scrubber to another member on here that had problems and it has worked very well for him, I am thinking of DIY ing one from a plastic waste bucket with a t off the return pump as I have enough room behind my tank....but first I want to see what Gfo can do as I bought a cheap reactor to try it out. I only have small tufts of hair algae in my display and my sump/refuge hardly grows any....

Millepora_Maniac 01-12-2012 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by marie (Post 668910)
Abalone are by far my favourite algae eaters.....they do get big but they are not as clumsy as turbos and very rarely knock frags over

I love them too, they are really expensive though (for a snail). I will get another one of those next time i am at J&L if they have any. I had two before but they died during my move.

Millepora_Maniac 01-12-2012 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Canuckgod420 (Post 668883)
Saw the system yesterday....looking freaking good!
Seems as though the few snails you have in there are doing a fine job buddy....give them time, they will get it done.

Thanks buddy, i appreciate the encouragement. The snails are working i guess, but i still have algae. After so many years, i'm just sick of seeing it. LOL


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