[DLGroos]

I have a over growth of turf algea that is threatening to take over my tank. I had origianly started my tank with tap water, but have since moved on to ro/di. And have manged to drop my nittates down to 7ppm and phospates to 0, so ho do I remove the algea now. I added a sea hare and he doesn't touch it. my snails will cruise across it, but not eat it. So will my sps's be safe if I add urchins?

[Sueet]

Originally Posted by DLGroos

I have a over growth of turf algea that is threatening to take over my tank. I had origianly started my tank with tap water, but have since moved on to ro/di. And have manged to drop my nittates down to 7ppm and phospates to 0, so ho do I remove the algea now. I added a sea hare and he doesn't touch it. my snails will cruise across it, but not eat it. So will my sps's be safe if I add urchins?

Well, there may be some kind of urchin that eats it, but MINE doesn't ... However, what kind of snails do you have? Mexican Turbo's eat it, just place them in the middle of a patch, and they will eat all around themselves... If they go up on the glass (which they will do) just gently pull them off and put them back in the algae.