tidalsculpin Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Hey all, I have been steadily caring for a 15 gallon nano for 11 months. The tank has a mix of sps, zoos, and lps. I have no sand bed but a cpr hang on fuge filled with carib-sea fuge mud. My sps are happy and growing. Some of my lower light corals are hiding under rocks. The tek t5 is a bit much for some of the corals. Anyways, I have an algae problem that started a month ago. I believe I have a bown algae called dictyota. It is brown and it forks from a branch. The algae spreads over rock and encroaches on corals. It is hard to get it off. I have been using long plant tweezers to remve what I can. If ANY free pieces get away, they start a new colony. I only have one fish in this tank, a randall's goby. Anyone have ideas on how to get rid of dictyota? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I don't, but call Franklin ( aka algea for a reason I think) as I haven't seen him on here as much lateley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I would say your best bett is to find the smallest Naso you can and drop in there. I had a Brown waffer problem and got the Naso and it was gone in a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 lol a naso in a 15g, nice! i would try something more along the lines of a 2-3 mithrax crabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 But I did say small. Yes it would have to be removed real soon. That is if you can even find one that small. The smallest one I could find for my 125 was 3". But a crab might be a better way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidalsculpin Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 Yeah, emerald crabs i think are my first shot. They are like 8 bucks in town. I think a naso that is 2 inches long would be hard to find, especially in Eugene. I also looked into sea hares, but research says sometimes they don't eat this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Yeah' date=' emerald crabs i think are my first shot. They are like 8 bucks in town. I think a naso that is 2 inches long would be hard to find, especially in Eugene. I also looked into sea hares, but research says sometimes they don't eat this stuff.[/quote'] i would throw at least 2 in there 3-4 might work better. they are slow but steady munchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidalsculpin Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 I have not had a chance to get any mithrax crabs yet. In the meantime, I am manually trimming daily and I added chaeto to the main display in hopes that it will take off and deprive the brown stuff from nutrients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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