Cleaning the glass - Page 4

Chad · #31 10-07-2003, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by teevee

I am beginning to get coraline algae on my back now. I mean my tank, not my body.

Speaking of algae though, my strawberry conch is really doing his job these days. Every few days I get little patches of cyano for some reason, but as soon as he finds it, an hour later it's all gone. I think it's a nutrient problem.

I would love it if someone could figure out my cyno problem.. I have done everything under the sun and still cannot get rid of it..

Chad

Quinn · #32 10-07-2003, 07:14 PM

Well right now my main problem is rampant macroalgae, mainly a mixture of dictyota and sargassum. I attacked it the other day with a toothbrush, basically just uprooting it (dictyota grows in loose mats), and I think I made good progress. If I do that a few more times I should be pretty much good to go. After that I am going to worry about microbubbles originating somewhere in my plumbing, and only then will I address the cyano.

#33 10-07-2003, 07:15 PM

most of my tanks get cleaned 2x a week, the large mag float cleaning magnets work well on smaller tanks 100gallons and less, the rest of the tanks get cleaned with different models of the algae free cleaning magnets, someone mentioned that they had an acrylic tank.... I clean acrylic tanks with algae free magnets with acrylic cleaning kits, works great and no scratches!

Chad · #34 10-07-2003, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by teevee

Well right now my main problem is rampant macroalgae, mainly a mixture of dictyota and sargassum. I attacked it the other day with a toothbrush, basically just uprooting it (dictyota grows in loose mats), and I think I made good progress. If I do that a few more times I should be pretty much good to go. After that I am going to worry about microbubbles originating somewhere in my plumbing, and only then will I address the cyano.

Don't get me started on micro bubbles.. My H.O.T. Magnum is shooting them into my tank every couple of minutes.. its like its building it up.. driving me nuts...

Chad