Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board  

Go Back   Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board > General > Reef

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 12-23-2005, 04:49 AM
Static Static is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Victoria
Posts: 103
Static is on a distinguished road
Send a message via MSN to Static
Default Coarse red hair algea?

Is anyone elses tank being over run with this stuff?

I have a 15g tank been running 7 months now, everything seems to be doing really well. At first I thought that this macro algea looked nice, but it has since become a nuicance. I tried picking it off the rocks by hand, but it's stuck on really good, and it's spreading fast.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remove it? Will an emerald crab eat it?

Thanks, Myles
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 12-23-2005, 04:43 PM
Bob I's Avatar
Bob I Bob I is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 3,591
Bob I is on a distinguished road
Default

I have had that crap for a long time. At first I like you thought it looked nice, but now it is a problem. It used to get into the middle of zoo frags, and stop their growth, so I have stopped fragging zoos. It does not look as if Emerald Crabs eat it. At least mine doesn't.
__________________
Bob
-----------------------------------------------------
To be loved you have to be nice to people every day - To be hated you don't have to do squat.

---------Homer Simpson--------
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 12-24-2005, 06:56 AM
nano-man nano-man is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: St albert
Posts: 18
nano-man is on a distinguished road
Default Emerald crab??...!!

Hey,I gave one a try,worked like a charm. Then ..It happens . Shedd his shell a couple of times doubled or better in 2 months and started clown fishing.Mind you I've only got a 2gal , Did a WICKED!!!!!!! job on all algie and beacuse he ate almost every/anything it dropped my(brown dusting Ditom?)to nothing . EG) no more left over food, lower nitrates. Moved him to larger tank and everything is starting to come back getting another (small one ) Good luck they can be mean and hard to catch.
__________________
30gal,10gal fuge,20gal sump, building 90gal (sump in basement?) instaler of head aches and frustration,master "leaking" pulmber , soon carpet installer apprentice
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 01:59 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.