xeneryx Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I'm running a fowlr. Every time after water change, 2nd day starts growing again. And by 4th day, it's covering the whole tank. Anyone can recommend best best best effective way to clear all this Algae ? Thanks thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Koh Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Algae scrubber http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae_scrubber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Damianiac Posted December 14, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 14, 2014 Any place to buy this? Or can only diy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member mechgobi Posted December 18, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 18, 2014 can be built diy.. many models describer here in diy section by senior reefers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowenteo Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 you can build something like this. t-out from any return pump to get the water flow into your scrubber Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote jowen 90088335 jowenteo@gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momopeach Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 my fowlr only has blue lights on, only when i want to view the fishes will i turn on all the lights.. clean the glass once every 2 weeks.. not sure if this is good for my fishes though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Powder blue Tang Posted December 23, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 23, 2014 The best effective way is to reduce the PO4 by running GFO media, but not cheap. Perhaps you can try to reduce the light on time to minimise it problem since you only FOWLR tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member superbee Posted December 31, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 31, 2014 Need to check your light regime, reduce nutrient in your tank and make sure the water you top up or change are filtered. Monitor your Po4. Quote Up coming project: 5' x 2.5' x 2.5' Mix Reef Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saeight Abdul Rahman Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Reduce nutrients and get an algae scrubber should do the trick. U can diy ur own algae scrubber. Save cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member JeffL Posted January 2, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 2, 2015 If you are looking at a short term solution for the time being, I recommend getting a glass cleaner/scrubber. Those that comes with blades are especially useful and effective. I use this every week to keep my glass clear of algae. Just my 2 cents Quote 2 Feet Tank: (Decom Feb 2015)-Lightings : Pharos LED light 90W with wireless controller-Chiller : Arctica 1/10HP with H2Ocean Flow Pump 2000-Wavemaker : Vortech MP10ES -Skimmer : Bubble Magus NAC 3.5-Return Pump : Eheim Compact 3000-Reactor – TLF150 (Mod) with NP Biopellet-Reactor – TLF150 with Rowaphos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member noobz Posted January 2, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 2, 2015 Try turbo snail bro. My 2 turbo snail clean up my live rock full of algae in 2 week to totally clean. Very impress with these little fellow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snail73 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Since ur running a fowlr tank I would suggest u reduce the light intensity or hours that it's switched on and reduce feeding to lower nutrients Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member asg Posted January 8, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 8, 2015 Big skimmer + tonnes of bio filter + ATS. reducing lighting period reducing feeding are only short term solution. Quote 子非鱼,焉知鱼之乐... (you are not the fish so you...) Then: my 4FT low tech selling off tank... (2006) Now: (2014) @Sept 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Bulldozer Posted May 4, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted May 4, 2015 Talking about Turbo Snails to help in reducing the Glass Algae ..... Does this Fish poses a threat to Turbo Snails ??? It killed my Cleaner Shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member nicktc Posted September 14, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2015 Try turbo snail bro. My 2 turbo snail clean up my live rock full of algae in 2 week to totally clean. Very impress with these little fellow. Hi, does the snail deposit eggs on the glass? How do you prevent it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.