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11-13-2009, 04:17 PM
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well, nitrates have dropped off to 50 and then to 10. tank is only 10% algae covered... turbo snails are like magic creatures. another week and i think i should be green free and hopefully back to 0 nitrate. soon to be looking for frags in the kelowna area!!
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11-13-2009, 06:03 PM
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Your turbo snails are eating the hair algae? Thats interesting to know, I thought they only ate turf algae. But now that you mention it I did have a turbo snail for several years and no bryopsis problem until recently after its death. Tuxedo Urchins also work well for me but I cant keep them in my display tanks because they always go up to the overflow and get their insides sucked out.
Presently both my phosphate and nitrate levels are nearly undetectable but I still have an issue with bryopsis. However I find if I remove it from a spot (with a butane torch) it doesnt grow back. ATM my coral growth is actually out-competing it for space so with a little manual removal I seem to be winning the race.
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11-13-2009, 06:38 PM
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here are a few pics from along the way, i wish i had taken a few more in the middle when i had some nice long hair happening but what can ya do...
here is a couple of the begining when i had some good turf over most of the rocks and ha on some.   here is one from after i beefed up the clean up crew and they were eating so much that my N and P went off the charts causing the algae that was left to become 1 in+ in length   lookin a bit better here  i will put some up to date ones up this afternoon and hopefully some fully cleaned ones within a week
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