londonwriter
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Hi All,
My tank went a bit green when I set it up. No problem I thought, it's just cycling. Then it went greener, so I bought some more snails. Now it's REALLY green! I have algae smothering my live rock, one piece of which now looks like a grass meadow, and even the sand is being overcome by it - I'm growing mini algae christmas trees and everything!
I bought some phosphate remover and it's sitting in the filter box of my skimmer. It has lowered the levels (from about 2.5mg to 1mg), but there's not been a noticeable difference in the amount of greenery. I also have a scum floating on top of the water. Again, not that pretty.
My algae blennie can't believe his luck - for him, I guess it's like living in Harrod's food hall - and the snails rarely need to move, such is the abundance of food wherever they are.
So, what do I do?! Should I get some more snails/crabs/eaters of algae? Is there another way to deal with it?
Yours, in greenness,
londonwriter
My tank went a bit green when I set it up. No problem I thought, it's just cycling. Then it went greener, so I bought some more snails. Now it's REALLY green! I have algae smothering my live rock, one piece of which now looks like a grass meadow, and even the sand is being overcome by it - I'm growing mini algae christmas trees and everything!
I bought some phosphate remover and it's sitting in the filter box of my skimmer. It has lowered the levels (from about 2.5mg to 1mg), but there's not been a noticeable difference in the amount of greenery. I also have a scum floating on top of the water. Again, not that pretty.
My algae blennie can't believe his luck - for him, I guess it's like living in Harrod's food hall - and the snails rarely need to move, such is the abundance of food wherever they are.
So, what do I do?! Should I get some more snails/crabs/eaters of algae? Is there another way to deal with it?
Yours, in greenness,
londonwriter