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slofish
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Looking to get a couple more detritus eaters. Ive got 5 nassarius snails( i think 5, dont see them most of the time). Any suggestions on what works well. do i even need more?
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nanoambiance
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Nassarius snails are great at detritus, uneaten food, and fish waste. They climb the glass as well as burrow in the sandbed and oxidize it, so one of the best snails to get, I would get a few more. Some people say "one cleaner per gallon of water", but you might have to worry about them starving if its a new tank, or other complications, i would add maybe 10 more though, to give you 15 for your 26 gallon. If not them, peppermint shrimp or scarlet hermit crabs are great scavengers, they look cool moving around your tank, etc too. That's my .02.
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thomas712
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Question is do you need more? You tell us. Dose the tank have a build up problem.
I like the jobs that various worms do in my tank, the snails, and crabs do a wonderful job as well, then there is the army of pods that do a BIG job of cleaning all the little detritus piles around the tank, and turn them into smaller piles that can be processed by the sand bed.
Some ceirth snails would be ideal if you feel you need some more of a cleanup crew.
Thomas
I like the jobs that various worms do in my tank, the snails, and crabs do a wonderful job as well, then there is the army of pods that do a BIG job of cleaning all the little detritus piles around the tank, and turn them into smaller piles that can be processed by the sand bed.
Some ceirth snails would be ideal if you feel you need some more of a cleanup crew.
Thomas
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nanoambiance
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Like Thomas said, variety is great, and if you can get a pod population, go for it! GOod luck.
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slofish
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Originally posted by Thomas712
Question is do you need more? You tell us. Dose the tank have a build up problem.
Thomas
Well heres my problem, last time i checked, my ammonia levels were about .5 and im starting to get a cyano bloom(working on it). I have a feeling that ive been overfeeding over the last couple of weeks. I just switched to using the Formula One and Two that comes as one giant block.
As far as a cleaning crew. For my 3 fish: 3 peppermints, scarlet cleaner, bout 5 scarlets, 6 hermits, 8 turbos, 5 nassarius, and a sand sifting star. bout 35 pounds LR, only bout 1 inch sand bed. Using SeaClone 100 skimmer.
Im thinking my ammonia problem could be a result of extra detritus.
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thomas712
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Could be that you are over feeding. Personally I would try to get that ammonia out of there by doing a small water change and be ready to do another one a few days later.
How often do you feed? and if you feed frozen food then I would be checking my phosphate levels.
Thomas
How often do you feed? and if you feed frozen food then I would be checking my phosphate levels.
Thomas
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slofish
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i feed 2x a day and actually feed all frozen food. Ive done two 5- gallon water changes and am planning on a third. Could the overfeeding of the frozen food w/ phosphates be adding to the cyano bloom too?
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thomas712
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Nitrates and phosphates are fertilizer, both used in lawns, both will feed unwanted algea's in our tanks. so yes the phosphates could be one of the factors that is feeding your cyno, but it could also be lighting, poor water movment. Try adding additional flow to that area.
I would definatly test for phosphates in a tank that only fed frozen and wasnt dripping kalk.
Thomas
I would definatly test for phosphates in a tank that only fed frozen and wasnt dripping kalk.
Thomas