Naso tang, rabbitfish or sea hare?

[michika]

I highly doubt that the bioload is contributing. I think the algae has just established itself due to overfeeding like Doug mentioned. Since he's got everything else under control now, its just a matter of cleaning up the left over algae. You have a couple of options, 1) manual removal - PITA, 2) letting it dissapate naturally - bad idea in the making 3) biological removal - sorta of simple.

I'd avoid the hare, they seem to be quite picky on what they want to eat, frequently eating some algae and leaving others. Same goes for rabbitfish.

[Myka]

You're biased though...you want the Naso after!!!

[michika]

Originally Posted by Myka

You're biased though...you want the Naso after!!!

I also went through this type of experience before as well and it sucked and if I could go back in time and tell myself the following, life would be good; 1) urchins rock, 2) adding products is a waste of time and money, 3) grazing fish are your best friends!

Go with whatever works best for you Doug. Either way I'm heading to RC tonight, and I'm going to try and cherry pick those blond nasos (thanks for the heads up on them).

[Myka]

Urchins do rock. I agree with all three points. Just think he should replace one of his current fish with the Naso...

[fishytime]

Not sure what Im gonna do....thanks for letting me bounce ideas off you all.

[michika]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Not sure what Im gonna do....thanks for letting me bounce ideas off you all.

I think we should start charging. Possibly in the form of pretty photos.

[Alberta-newb]

To ad, my red turf algae has been diminishing significantly. I'm not sure what's going right (but I'm thrilled anyway) but through help from you guys at RC I made a few changes in the last month. I had a bad ballast on my light which I replaced as well as two bulbs (fiji purple and new gen), I've cut back feedings to more numerous small ones to reduce waste and I also tried out some of the zeozyme (Kevin gave me a sample to try). In addition I really have tried to keep on top of maintenance and change filter socks daily.

One of these things has worked wonders, not sure if it was one or a combination of all. IIRC your bulbs are all pretty new but perhps you might consider the ZZ? I'm not a fan of additives, but I think it may of helped. Perhaps some of the hardcore ZEO guys can chime in on it's effectiveness?

[Trigger Man]

Fine Doug, if I've got to take your Lineatus Fairy Wrasse off your hands for cheap I guess I'll do it for you (only thinking of your bioload here:-). Just leave it at the store and when I come by to pick up the Laboutei Fairy Wrasse you guys got for me I'll take the Lineatus off your hands, and then you can get the Naso. I think this is the only thing that makes sense to me.

[fishytime]

If I added a naso it would definitely be temporary as my tank simply isnt big enough for anything but a juvi. At 3" a naso would be doable for a year or two maybe. My hopes would be that a naso would keep it trimmed back far enough that my recently online fuge will kick in and start sucking up what it supposed to. I have been running the lights on a reverse schedule as the display lights but may run them 24/7 to see if that helps. Catherines offer has me thinking "yes" again. Dang!

[michika]

Keep them at the reverse schedule If you run it 24/7 you'll slow down the rate of growth on some of your macro. Every plant that produces chlorophyl (photoautotrophs) requires a dark cycle. You can always bump it up a big more, but just make sure you leave some down time in the dark.