Cleanup crew help

[toytech]

thats a good list , i find asteas do a good job on glass too . Nerites do try and crawl out sometimes so hope you have a top.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by toytech

thats a good list , i find asteas do a good job on glass too . Nerites do try and crawl out sometimes so hope you have a top.

I removed my top few days back since it seems to hold salt creeps and cut down light penetration.

Yah I also saw nerites crawl out of water. Should I remove those from the list and get something else?

[reefwars]

run gfo through a reactor and algae takes a longer time to grow on glass, and it isnt as brown or thick.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by reefwars

run gfo through a reactor and algae takes a longer time to grow on glass, and it isnt as brown or thick.

No place for reactor I use two bags of chemi pure elite for some gfo. The algae is, I would say, very light and thin (cannot notice from front side but by looking through the side) and scrubber easily takes care of it. So snails should work maybe?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

No place for reactor I use two bags of chemi pure elite for some gfo. The algae is, I would say, very light and thin (cannot notice from front side but by looking through the side) and scrubber easily takes care of it. So snails should work maybe?

imo snails are junk lol sure they eat algae but they are slow,destructive,hard to keep track of and inconsistent.

if you dont want algae starve it its that simple, algae needs certain things to grow.

if you do it right all you will see of algae is that tiny little film on the glass a once over with a magfloat will take care of that stuff in seconds.

all your rock shouldnt be too close to the glass that a magfloat or algae scraper cant get to it.

cheers