Algae pics
 

well i finaly got pics of the algae that is getting out of control in my tank. if anyone has had this and knows how to get rid of it let me know, I don't want to rip appart my tank if I don't have to.



http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/algae2.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/algae3.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/algae4.jpg

and of course the gratuitous coral shots (but there is algae in thoes pics also :rolleyes:

http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/algae1.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/algae11.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/algae12.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/algae13.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/algae14.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/algae15.jpg


Steve

Incredible!! You spelled "gratuitous" correctly!!!! :razz: I'm impressed.

Oh, that red algae, my tangs love it!! :biggrin:

and I didn't even do spell check :lol:

as for your tangs, when I pull it all out I'll put it in your tank and well see how they eat it :rolleyes:

Steve

Is it this?

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...nftt/index.htm

:eek: damn, it certinaly looks like it, thank you... now I just have to find some mexican turbo snails :rolleyes: hmmm time to send J&L a e-mail.. thanks Em!

Steve

hi Steve,

Yes, J&L do carry Mexican Turbo Snails. They did a wonderful job cleaning off the red cotton-ball algae from my 15 gallon. They rock!

Hope this helps :cool:

are you sure they were "Mexican" and not regular turbo's? as they don't list them on there site. The "Mexican Turbo snail" is Turbo fluctuosus.

but J&L only lists Turbo sp.

at any rate I sent them a e-mail about it.. maybe they have them in a different tank and not on there site.

now do they have sea hairs :mrgreen:

Steve

yes,

They came from Carribean/Gulf of Mexico. They did wonders to rid of the algae in my tank. Try a few.

cool, as soon as they reply to my e-mail I think I will get about 30 of them.

Steve

well 2 months laiter and almost not a speck of the red algae to be found. Thanks Emily for pointing me to the turbo snails they did the trick and then some, I have never seen my rock look this clean ever :mrgreen:

I will try get some pics of the "After" and post them up in the next couple days.

Steve

Excellent news! How many snails do you still have?

not sure.. over 1/2 of them anyways.. I lost 5 in the initial shipment out of 30 so I figure I might be down to 15 to 20 now.

Steve

:cool: Does J&L stock those regularly?

ya they say all there turbo's are colected from mexico (just ask if you order to confirm though.)

Steve

well I said I would get a pic of the change and here they are.

this was the area with algae
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/algae4.jpg

this is the same area now

http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/sale/noalgae.jpg

and here is an overall of the tank ( a little less colorfull than a couple months ago as my temp was up to 90 a lot while I was gone. hooked up the chiller today so that won't be happening again)
let me know if this picture is comming up kinda dark.. looks fine on my laptop but dark on my home monitor.
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/sale/tank.jpg

Steve

very nice change steve...

ya except for the loss of color due to over heating again this summer.. not as bad as last summer though but I did lose a good chunk of my acros. but thanks with the chiller I hope this won't happen again.

Steve