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angelofdeath132
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i have major amounts of brown and green algae in my 55. just bought 10 astrea snails yesterday, will they be able to clean it up? or will i need more snails?
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angelofdeath132
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i only have 10lbs. of LR right now, i'm more worried about getting all that unsightly green and brown algae off the glass
eelfreakrobi
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angel of death how many hours do you keep your light on? Because when I started which was not so long ago I use to keep it for 12 hours and the algae was all over the place, now i just keep the light on for about 7 hours and since then I have had no algae problems.
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angelofdeath132
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about 11 hrs. a day
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angelofdeath132
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tank isn't next to any windows, and it's a FO aquarium.
jim672
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angel,
Cleaning the glass will make your tank looks better, temporarily, but I think you should try to isolate the cause of your algea.
Eleven hours of light for a FOWLR is alot. Cut back on lighting. How old are your bulbs? If you've been burning them for 6 months or so, it's time to buy new ones. (NO bulbs' light spectrum degrades over time and will promote algea growth.)
How much do you feed? A little once a day, or even every other day is really fine. Have you tested for phosphates in your tank? In your top-off water? Phosphates and silicates (in tap water) feed algea. If you have phosphates in the tank, do you have a crushed coral substrate? Do you vacuum/clean it regularly? Do you use a phosphate sponge in your filter? If it's in the water you use for top-offs.....use RO/DI water instead of tap.( or buy distilled water from Walmart, grogery store, etc.)
Jim
Cleaning the glass will make your tank looks better, temporarily, but I think you should try to isolate the cause of your algea.
Eleven hours of light for a FOWLR is alot. Cut back on lighting. How old are your bulbs? If you've been burning them for 6 months or so, it's time to buy new ones. (NO bulbs' light spectrum degrades over time and will promote algea growth.)
How much do you feed? A little once a day, or even every other day is really fine. Have you tested for phosphates in your tank? In your top-off water? Phosphates and silicates (in tap water) feed algea. If you have phosphates in the tank, do you have a crushed coral substrate? Do you vacuum/clean it regularly? Do you use a phosphate sponge in your filter? If it's in the water you use for top-offs.....use RO/DI water instead of tap.( or buy distilled water from Walmart, grogery store, etc.)
Jim
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angelofdeath132
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i use ro/di water, have crushed coral substrate