14 Gallon Help...

[rebelprettyboy]

Get
5-10 Nass Snails - Not gonna eat much algea but will keep u sad stirred but will eat any left over food that makes it to the bottom, and fish poop
5-10 Cerith Snails - Small Snails and when eat algeas
2-4 Turbos (Makes sure theyre real Turbos not astreas) - Will eat Algeas
1-3 Astreas - Eat Algeas
1 Fighting Conch - Eat Algeas
And get rid of the Crabs. As u can see they dont do a good job

 

[patrick8929]

+1 no crabs! they dont do a good job and can eat any snails you have

 

[subielover]

Rebel's list is perfect

 

[patrick8929]

+2!

 

[rebelprettyboy]

And since it isnt that much stuff in ur tank now ur best bet is to just.....
Mix up a couple buckets of saltwater...
About 2 (2 gal buckets) or so
And scrub the rocks really good. Dunk them a couple times and shake the off in one bucket. Scrub again and pull as much off as u can. Dunk again and repeat as needed.
Then before adding back to ur tank dunk in the other bucket and shake it off then place them baack in ur tank!
Then after that contiune to pull off as much as u can

 

[patrick8929]

i agree and use a turkey baster to pull some off every day and blow excess nutrients off around the algae

 

[happitylogan]

crabs could work too, you just need more in my opinion. Like 8-10 crabs, and a fighting conch or something. Make sure the conch is bigger than the crabs so they dont try to take its shell. Most people on here are biased to snails, but I like the crabs. They are funner to watch. I'd just feed less and try and get the nutrience under control.
Try and take it out as much as you can, as often as you can. I had a algae problem for about a week, so I got every piece of algae out, and then did a 1/3 water change, needless to say, it never came back....
Try and get it under control, before it is too late.

 

[ejm4]

I just ordered some more CUC. Should be here on Wednesday.

 

[patrick8929]

good what did you get?

 

[ejm4]

Nassarius Snail Qty: 8,
Cerith Snail Qty: 8
Mexican Turbo Snail Qty: 3,
Jumbo Cerith Snail Qty: 2,
Green Lettuce Nudibranch Qty: 2,
Astraea Turbo Snail Qty: 4,
Still waiting on the shipping confirmation, but should be here in PA tomorrow (Wednesday.)

 

[patrick8929]

looks like you got yourself a nice shipment!! that should take care of your problem and post pics of the new stuff tomorrow!

 

[ejm4]

Sure will. I am looking forward to seeing them munch on the alage!

 

[subielover]

Just remember you are needed in there too. Siphon out and pull everything that you can, and then your cuc will maintain it

 

[ejm4]

My wife just called and said Fed Ex just dropped off the CUC!!!!

 

[patrick8929]

yea!!!!!! awesome when are you gunna get to it?

 

[whisk]

sweet, hopefully they will go to town! make sure to take some before and after pics, i think you will be amazed at the difference. good luck

 

[ejm4]

Everything went in the tank on Wednesday. The larger snails seemed to stay in place with the little ones taking off all over. Progress seems to be slow. I did a water change on Thursday and removed some of the stringing grass. That stuff really smells!
Pictures this afternoon.

 

[ejm4]

Pictures ---
I have rearranged some of the rocks, so they may look different than the first shots. I also seem to have something growing on the live sand.

 

[patrick8929]

has the algae gotten any better? have you kept up with pulling the algae off?

 

[ejm4]

The snails are starting work. It seems they eat the most at night. I have been doing water changes every week removing about 2 gallons of water along with some alage. I have cut back feeding to every 2 -3 days. Been testing and all water specs look good except PH is 8.4, is this o.k.?