Just A Few Questions

[matt295]

hi just started a salt tank 2 weeks ago and was wondering if its normal to have lots of algae on the walls of the tank and on the snady bottom? i have cleaned the walls and it just comes back the next day. how do i get rid of it. what fish wuold eat the algae? just to let you guys know i am new to salt

 

[SkiFletch]

hi just started a salt tank 2 weeks ago and was wondering if its normal to have lots of algae on the walls of the tank and on the snady bottom? i have cleaned the walls and it just comes back the next day. how do i get rid of it. what fish wuold eat the algae? just to let you guys know i am new to salt

At 2 weeks old, you're most likely experiencing a diatom algae bloom. Your best course of action is to add some cleanup crew organisms. Snails and other algae eaters to munch on it for you

 

[matt295]

i do have a clean up crew but is still there. on saturday i got a cleaner shrimp and a sally lightfoot crab so hopefully they will start kicking in. thanks

 

[kubora666]

althought the crabs are greedy, i cant see them going for algae on the glass.... on the rocks yes, also the floor.
same goes for the shrimp, get yourself some turbo snailes, theyle eat the alge clean off your glass and keep it looking great.
also hermit crabs do a great job on the gravel or perhaps a sand sifting starfish ?
good luck
äc

 

[matt295]

the sally lightfoot took care of the bottom and i think is trying the glass. right now we are cleaning the glass every week. we do have a turbo snail, should we get another and have hermits. dont know about starfish, will ask my dad

 

[SkiFletch]

Glass cleaning is inevitable, even with a billion turbo snails you'll still have to do it eventually