Hello, I'm having a bloom, not a very big one, but I was just wondering, do any of you guys ever put a snail in your overflow box to eat the diatoms in there? Or is there too much water flow in there
A lot of times, snails will actually migrate into overflow boxes on their own....if there is a way.
What is your phosphate reading and water type water are you using? Is the problem just on the glass or on the sand?
I buy my water from my lfs. They use r/o. The diatoms are actually only on my rocks and on my overflow box. There was just a tiny bit on my glass that I got with my magnet. My tank is only 3 weeks out of cycling, so that's probably the reason for the bloom.
It's a normal new tank Diatom outbreak. Once the silicates in the water are used up it should pass. A good clean up crew in the tank will help. I wouldn't put snails in the overflow, but that's just my opinion.
cool thanks, I think my cleanup crew is sufficient, what do you think?
10 scarlet crabs
9 mexican turbo snails
2 emeralds
1 sally light foot
1 coral beauty
55gallon tank
Originally Posted by Jcarroll
cool thanks, I think my cleanup crew is sufficient, what do you think?
10 scarlet crabs
9 mexican turbo snails
2 emeralds
1 sally light foot
1 coral beauty
55gallon tank
Get a couple of blue leg hermits. They are cool.
Dont dis the blue legs I really like them there getting pretty big now "pretty close to full grown" they are bright bright blue with orange antenna and orange stripes on the legs.
Originally Posted by Snipe
Dont dis the blue legs I really like them there getting pretty big now "pretty close to full grown" they are bright bright blue with orange antenna and orange stripes on the legs.
I love em. I wasnt making fun :happy:
I just added two marroon clownfish yesterday, is it okay to get 5 or so blue legged? Or should I wait a week or so and get them when I get my next fish. How many...5? 10?
