GHA Green Hair Algae Natural Effortless Removal, 16 Days, No Chemicals Saltwater Coral Reef Aquarium

[@BH0t8498]

Great timeline video. I too prefer natural predators over chemicals. I’m having the same issue in my 32 bio cube. Just ordered extra cleaning army of 15 blue leg hermits, 3 turbos, nassarius snails, cerith, and Astrea. I Already have a couple hermits, nassarius snail and 2 urchins, but they need more help. I never have much luck with keeping snails except the nassarius snail, but a few people have suggested turbo snails. So I’m going to give them a try. I will also do daily pics to document So now that the GHA is gone (under control) will your tank have enough to keep the turbos fed? Or will they die off

[@saltypops4276]

If you run into issues let me know and I’ll help out. As for the turbos food source, I have been providing seaweed for them to eat as I hate for something to just die. So they are doing fine, I give them some twice a week and the tank continues to be algae free. Blue leg hermits are great for hair algae but do not eat enough to wipe it out on their own. Astraea are by far my favorite snails as they eat a lot for their size, so good choices here. Glad to see you also got Mexican turbo snails, hopefully they are large ones when they arrive. Funny you mention not having good luck keeping snails, many snails do not live very long in the home aquarium, 6 months give or take, which is why people constantly have to add more. However, the Astraea snails, I have some that I have had for 2+ years and Mexican turbos live a long time as well.

[@Jommybutler1234]

Did you let the tank get to that condition on purpose?

[@saltypops4276]

I did let it go for a while. People tend to panic over it and I wanted everyone to see how easy it is to get rid of. You should act the second you see it and not wait.

[@queencityreefs]

CUC are so important. Algae is a natural part of the ocean/aquarium. Definitely looks unsightly but some ppl panic way too much. Its natural. Its normal. Just get CUC. Great episode 💪👏🙌

[@stevecox8066]

And what do you do with the snails once they run out of algae to graze on?

[@saltypops4276]

I have been feeding them algae strips. Probably should offer them to someone locally. But I just started feeding them and kept them.

[@stevecox8066]

@saltypops4276 thanks. I'm off to my LFS today 😀

[@cbarber5366]

Are your phosphates out of control?

[@TimbukTu0264]

Do you recommend a particular online vendor for these snails/ urchin?

[@saltypops4276]

Hello. I buy them locally at a saltwater shop to avoid shipping charges. If that is not an option, I have bought inverts from LiveAquaria before when they use to offer free shipping on inverts. But haven’t since they stopped the free shipping.

[@coolguy1995able]

Hi Salty pops. Can I run your light schedule on the hydra 32 HD ? At what percentage should I turn it down for my tank , where the light is placed 14 inches above water and the tank size is 28x18x18 inches .

[@saltypops4276]

Yes. The program does perfectly on a 32. As for reducing the intensity. Really depends on the corals in the tank. If you have a mixed reef with SPS at the top and LPS below, no need to change anything. If you are not running a lot of SPS and more heavy on LPS, I would reduce 30%. Please do a manual calculation of each spectrum instead of using the 2 finger slide.

[@coolguy1995able]

@@saltypops4276I have got bubble tip anemones, softies and LPS in the tank. So I reduce the intensity by 30 % and run at 70 % ? . I also have got lots of green hair algae. Should I run the lights for 10hrs ?

[@saltypops4276]

@@coolguy1995able I wouldn’t change my lights. Get a small army of Mexican turbo snails and give them a couple weeks.

[@New_Zealand_rugby]

Put a bag of Rowa in will be gone in two days

[@saltypops4276]

ROWA helps a ton. I actually run ROWA and Purigen together 24-7 as part of my normal setup!

[@queencityreefs]

Nah. I've done that before and still there. Snails always work the best for me.

[@New_Zealand_rugby]

@ we’re did u put the bag