OceanCrazy
Reefing newb
- Location
- Owings Mills, MD USA
Will take any advice, here are the pic. You will see my recovery from the Algae attack lol but the cuc and blenny did the job.
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Is this over the limit?
- Thread starter OceanCrazy
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Will take any advice, here are the pic. You will see my recovery from the Algae attack lol but the cuc and blenny did the job.
jcegt87
Dude Dude DUDE!!!!!!
- Location
- Texas City , TX 77591
whats the purple stuff?
little_fish
Reef pro
- Location
- ABQ, NM
If you have algae issues, adding another fish is the last thing you want to do because you will only add more waste to the water which become more algae fuel. I would also reach in there and pull out as much as you can by hand.
OceanCrazy
Reefing newb
- Location
- Owings Mills, MD USA
Ahh that is my main problem, my daughters waited for me to get out of the house then they took some of the freshwater tank decor that was still in its pack, and threw it in their cause purple is their fav color. Now the real problem is every time i try to take them out, they start crying and say daddy is selfish cause he wont share the tank and sharing is everything. But i will win this one, cause every other day i take one out when they are in bed.
And to Little-Fish, I am not getting a new fish. Just wanted to make sure i was not on overkill. The sally lightfoot was the first in there and i was worried it will do the murders but so far he been keeping his nose clean.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
- Location
- Lynnwood, WA and missing Tucson, AZ
It's only a matter of time before the sally lightfoot goes nuts on your fish. They are mean!! I had two that killed nearly half a dozen fish before I was able to catch them.
OceanCrazy
Reefing newb
- Location
- Owings Mills, MD USA
Ok then he has got to go.Just got to find a way to catch it.
snyderju
Reefing newb
- Location
- Menomonie, WI
Just wanted to ask how shrimp, crabs, and snails don't add to the bioload? Maybe there is something I am missing but don't they consume food as well? Doesn't the food that they consume then get converted to waste? Wouldn't this waste then contribute to the bioload of the tank? I know that you generally don't factor them in when figuring you stocking limit but I would have to assume they still contribute at least a very little to the bioload. But like I said I may be missing something.
snyderju
Reefing newb
- Location
- Menomonie, WI
I get that they are a "clean up crew" but they are also a living thing that consumes food and therefore has to create some amount of waste right? Like I said, unless I am missing something major they poop too thus adding at least a very little to the bioload. I know they are a clean up crew in the sense that they clean up unwanted algae, keep the sand bed stirred up and stuff like that. Even if they were 100% efficient at eating all the fish poop they still eat algae and other detritus creating additional waste.
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little_fish
Reef pro
- Location
- ABQ, NM
The amount of poop from an invert is so small you dont have to worry about it.
wontonflip
I failed Kobayashi Maru
- Location
- VA USA
HAHAHHAAHAHAHAA Sucker!!! My kids ain't allowed to TOUCH my tank without me there, let alone put anything in it! :mrgreen:
Really? I swear my pink urchin and turbo snails poop a lot more than my fish! lol
little_fish
Reef pro
- Location
- ABQ, NM
ya, but they are at the end of line. So there is very little unused nutrients in their poop, unlike fish poop. They are the end of line
Ah, that's very helpful to know! Thank you!
