Hey everyone- I’m having a bit of a green hair algae problem, I’m staying on top of feeding, I’m physically removing some too, but I’ve lost a few snails and hermits in the past year, and feel I’m just lacking algae eaters.
For reference, when it comes to algae eaters I currently have 5 blue leg hermits, 8-9 nerite snails, 2 cerith snails, a conch and a tuxedo urchin.
So, do you have any suggestions for clean up crew to eat algae in a 25 gallon that will get along with my other inverts and small fish (I’m scared an emerald crab may attack my cleaner shrimp or goby/pistol shrimp pair.)
Thank you in advance!
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@Reefzilla
251d
Do you have a protein skimmer? I say this because if it's a huge issue where you're getting too much GHA it might be worth looking into more aggressive filtration methods. Algae scrubber or refugium with macro algae maybe?
@MaxB.
251d
It’s an all in one tank, it did come with a skimmer but I’ve never used it, no refrugium either. Do you have experience with either of these?
@Reefzilla
251d
Yes I do. Id start with a skimmer and see what that does for your nitrates. I have an algae scrubber and thinking about taking it offline because I cannot raise my phosphates or nitrates at all. So I have the opposite problem.
@MaxB.
251d
Alright I’ll check it out. Thanks dude👍
@Reefzilla
250d
goodluck!
@PerceptiveDiamond24
251d
crew’s solid! maybe more trochus?
@MaxB.
251d
If I can find them at my lfs I will, I had a bunch but they all died when the dinoflagellates hit 😔 good suggestion!
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Emerald crab should leave everyone alone. What are your water parameters?
Nitrate is 20-25, and I’ll test phosphate tomorrow. Alk 8.0 Calcium 430 Ph 7.9 Nitrate has been high for a while despite my efforts to feed less