superjohnny Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Here are a couple photo's of it. I added a sea slug at Woodie's suggestion, but it hasn't touched the stuff. Thinking of adding a nudibranch, but not sure if it'll eat my zoa's :/ Need to find something to eat this stuff because i'm fed up with manually removing it 1 hour each week. Month after month after month it just doesn't go away. I haven't put a drop of food in the tank in 3 months so I can't feed less. Any ideas? And a zoa just for fun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Fun, I would suggest a tang if it was a larger tank, otherwise I got rid of mine using prodibio from waves, but it will kill all algae not just that stuff. That type will take over the tank with good lighting, be forewarned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjohnny Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 Yea I gotta say it's doing great under the 150w halide. Bad mojo to get a small tang and take it back to the LFS when it gets bigger? With the prodibio how long do I have to use it to keep this stuff gone? Is it a long-term or short-term thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I've got something similar. Nasty stuff. My tang munches it, but definately not enough to eradicate it since it grows so fast. I'm going the prodibio route once my tank is back to normal. I've read mexican turbo snails eat this stuff. I tried one, but it was the size of a softball and knocked all my frags over all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjohnny Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 Any idea what type of algae it is? Can you put a name on it so I can do some research? At least I'm not the only one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I used prodibio for about 2 months, there is now no phosphates in the water, no hair algae (it was bad) and the small patches of different algaes are gone as well, only problem is it starts to kill off your cheatomorpha as well in your refugium. It took about 2 months, I pulled the cheato and grew it in a 5 gallon bucket with a light, that seemed to work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 red turf algae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I didn't think it was the same, that looked like the stuff Sean sells, but I could be very wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhuru Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 that's actually pretty cool looking algae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriswaters Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Margarite snails will tear that stuff up!!! I had a ton of it on my rocks and they mac it down the minute it comes up. So far, I have had those snails for 5 months and no problems. I love their little black and green stripped bodies, plus they are small and don't knock stuff over...love the zebras but man are they clumsy. Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Err, I hate margs, but just my experience, never had any luck in any of my tanks with them. Everything else just fine.... but those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Margarite snails will tear that stuff up!!! I had a ton of it on my rocks and they mac it down the minute it comes up. So far, I have had those snails for 5 months and no problems. I love their little black and green stripped bodies, plus they are small and don't knock stuff over...love the zebras but man are they clumsy. Kris IMHO I would not suggest getting margarite snails. They are a temperate animal that slowly cooks until death in our warmer systems. In the wild they can live for over a hundred years, in our systems, well most less then a year. IMO there are better options and unless your running an extremely cool temperate tank maragrites have no place in captivity. JMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 You might be right Nyles. Does look a little different. Agree with pledosophy, margarite snails will not last long at the temps we keep our tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriswaters Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Understandable about Margarite snails. I happened upon them when I first started. They are out there, in LFS. They have been caught and will never return to there original habitat. Unfortunate as it may seem, there is nothing I can do about this. However, in the mean time (since I have them) I will enjoy there extrodinary cleaning powers that be. Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjohnny Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 Patrick @ SW FAntaseas agreed with the turf algae assessment and suggested an emerald crab. We'll see how Julio (as we've named him) does with this stuff. If not I'll try a supplement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriswaters Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Good luck...I hate algae. Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjohnny Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Thought I'd update this thread since I finally have it under control. I went into Waves and saw the same stuff in one of their tanks and asked the guy (not Joel) what it is. He agreed with Miles in that it is turf algae. He suggested a couple of Turbo snails and he was right. I took all the rock out and scrubbed it with a brush to get rid of 90% of it. The other bits have been kept under control with the 2 turbo snails. It was growing out of the sand and on the back wall as well, but it's under control now. I've never seen the emerald eat a thing. It just hangs under the rocks out of sight. I see him from time to time, but he's never out in the open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Cool, I may add a few more turbos but honestly my 2" round turbo wont touch the stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Good deal. Did you get mexican turbos or just regular turbos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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