dhraako
Member
quick question..I've been debating with my brother on things relating to saltwater..and I need some answers to help me better understand my situation.
ok so I have a 20g setup, I have an algae (mainly hair algae..and another form (not bryopsis) that is growing through and consuming the hair algae. The algae growth is stagnant due to the fact that I've went to extreme measures trying to totally wipe out phoshates and nitrates..it worked...now comes the next part....the problem
I was thinking of continuing to tooth brush my rocks and continue to rid the tank of algae...however, I need something to maintain this..while I was thinking snails (1 or 2) just to see how they do..astrea or turbo or one of each..and get rid of my blue leg hermits to preserve the snails (replace with scarlets perhaps)...
my borther however INSISTS...that I spend 100 bucks and get a skimmer..prolly the prizm that I plan to get when I have the money..however..I belive that if I get a few snails...get rid of a few preditors (the hermits) and fight my algae away at the cost of ~6 bucks..I'm still just as well off for the time being..plus I've heard that smaller tanks arn't as needy of a real protein skimmer (I have a skilter) ... is this true?
sujestions on this please...I'm confussed, and not to sure what I should do..any help would be very appreciated.... :joy:
ok so I have a 20g setup, I have an algae (mainly hair algae..and another form (not bryopsis) that is growing through and consuming the hair algae. The algae growth is stagnant due to the fact that I've went to extreme measures trying to totally wipe out phoshates and nitrates..it worked...now comes the next part....the problem
I was thinking of continuing to tooth brush my rocks and continue to rid the tank of algae...however, I need something to maintain this..while I was thinking snails (1 or 2) just to see how they do..astrea or turbo or one of each..and get rid of my blue leg hermits to preserve the snails (replace with scarlets perhaps)...
my borther however INSISTS...that I spend 100 bucks and get a skimmer..prolly the prizm that I plan to get when I have the money..however..I belive that if I get a few snails...get rid of a few preditors (the hermits) and fight my algae away at the cost of ~6 bucks..I'm still just as well off for the time being..plus I've heard that smaller tanks arn't as needy of a real protein skimmer (I have a skilter) ... is this true?
sujestions on this please...I'm confussed, and not to sure what I should do..any help would be very appreciated.... :joy: