Clean-up crew?

[jpardi]

What is the best clean-up crew to have to keep brown algee off the glass of my tank? That is the only place that keeps getting algee, I scrub it off once a week? Any help?
Thank you,
Jason

 

[michaeltx]

what do you currently have in there as far as a cleanup crew and what size tank?
Mike

 

[jpardi]

It's a 29 gal. I have 10 blue leg hermits, and 2 narcarious snails (sp)

 

[earlybird]

Mag float will clean your glass. In my 29 I have 5 astraea snails, 10 hermits, and 10 nassarius snails. Depending on how much food you have in your tank will determine the amount of snails/hermits you can keep. I starved 10 astraea snails to death b/c I don't have any algae.

 

[lexluethar]

If it is brown algea it is probably diatoms and will go away as your tank becomes more established. I would feed less and purchase 2 or 3 astrea and 3 or 4 nassarius snails. If you have a lot of hermit crabs i would not get any astraea and just stick with nassarius snails. Hermits tend to kill off astraea to steal their snails - had this happen to four of mine. I have a 30 gallon tank as well and i have no algea problems at all - and i have 2 nassarius and only 1 astrea. I've had my outbreaks, but they've passed.

 

[emm0909]

Your best bet is to get a mixture of
Nerite Snails
Cerith Snails
Turban Snails
Google this:
NATURAL ALGAE CONTROL FOR REEF AQUARIUMS
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