What's Wrong?
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dodgersfan
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yea, it's a mix of SMALL algae growth and waste.........i tried to blow some of it away, so hopefully they'll cheer up?
on a seperate note, my turbos dont seem to be eating a lot of the detirus and other crud on some of my live rock? in the beginning, they ate all of that stuff of the rocks and life was good............but now they seem to be lazy and not doing their job! is it just me or what?
on a seperate note, my turbos dont seem to be eating a lot of the detirus and other crud on some of my live rock? in the beginning, they ate all of that stuff of the rocks and life was good............but now they seem to be lazy and not doing their job! is it just me or what?
smarls
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Well, your phosphates are really high, and so algae growth will be a bit of an issue for you. I have the same problem with phosphates because of a cc sand bed.
Perhpas the turbos cannot keep up, or perhpas there is enough algae in easier to get to places, so they do not need to go through your zoas and harder to reach rocks. You could try adding more snails, although this will only help emliminate the algae but not the cause of the high phosphates.
You could try running Phosban or something like that to reduce your phosphates. Probably the best place to start is to try and figure out why your phosphates are so high...overfeeding? tap water? Basically the phosphates are comming from somewhere, and it would be time well spent to see where they are coming from.
With your comment of more detritus and algae...I would guess that you might be overfeeding, or maybe overstocked...but those are wild guesses wihtout knowing anyhting about your tank...so don't quote me!
HTh
Stewart
Perhpas the turbos cannot keep up, or perhpas there is enough algae in easier to get to places, so they do not need to go through your zoas and harder to reach rocks. You could try adding more snails, although this will only help emliminate the algae but not the cause of the high phosphates.
You could try running Phosban or something like that to reduce your phosphates. Probably the best place to start is to try and figure out why your phosphates are so high...overfeeding? tap water? Basically the phosphates are comming from somewhere, and it would be time well spent to see where they are coming from.
With your comment of more detritus and algae...I would guess that you might be overfeeding, or maybe overstocked...but those are wild guesses wihtout knowing anyhting about your tank...so don't quote me!
HTh
Stewart
dodgersfan
Member
so do the sundial snails EXCLUSIVELY eat zoos? do they just live amongst the bed of them or might they be snacking and then hiding somewhere else cuz i dont see any right now........
puffer32
Active Member
Originally Posted by dodgersfan
so do the sundial snails EXCLUSIVELY eat zoos? do they just live amongst the bed of them or might they be snacking and then hiding somewhere else cuz i dont see any right now........
That i do not know. I do know mine were disappearing at an alarming rate, for afew months before i found the 2 in my colony, and i was looking for something, but when they turn sideways and snuggle deep into the colony, they are hard to see, i finally saw 1 when the polops were closed up real tight, and suspect they hitchhiked on the colony when i got it 6 months ago.
so do the sundial snails EXCLUSIVELY eat zoos? do they just live amongst the bed of them or might they be snacking and then hiding somewhere else cuz i dont see any right now........
That i do not know. I do know mine were disappearing at an alarming rate, for afew months before i found the 2 in my colony, and i was looking for something, but when they turn sideways and snuggle deep into the colony, they are hard to see, i finally saw 1 when the polops were closed up real tight, and suspect they hitchhiked on the colony when i got it 6 months ago.
dodgersfan
Member
hmmmm...........sounds scary, im guessing that these sundials are very small and hard to see? hopefully ill be able to notice it in time!