Optimal cuc?

[corinne118s]

Hey guys I have a 10g nano an was wondering what a good CUC would be. Currently I have:

X2 astrea snail
X2 red leg hermits

And other stock

1 goby
1 fire fish
1 tiger pistol
1 brain coral

What else could I add? Algae is building up and tank looks messy

 

[mr_X]

Do water changes, increase flow, and cut back on feeding and save the money.

 

[corinne118s]

I've done all those

 

[mr_X]

Apparently not enough if you are still having algae problems. It's not going to happen overnight. Nuisance algae is a symptom of excess nutrient build up.

 

[alink708]

Critters wont solve your algae problem. I followed Dougs advice a long time ago and got rid of mine! I cut back on the light cycle , switched to distilled water and added Cheato to eat up excess nutrients. Also had to do alot of manual algae picking from rocks. It took a few months but after some time it all but disapeared.

 

[TigerBarbs]

RO/DI water and light are huge factors! On the cuc, blue legged hermits and more a couple more astreas IMO.

 

[corinne118s]

I have started to go RO water and I have probably too much flow. I'll do PWC more often but could it be that my lights are on too nuch? How much should be day loghts

 

[TigerBarbs]

My daylights were on about 10 hours. I cut back to about 6 or 7 on the daylights (due to algae problems) and 8 or 9 on the actinics. My actinics are on for an hour before the daylights and an hour after the daylights go off.

 

[corinne118s]

Mines on like 12+ hrs I guess I should cut back haha

 

[TigerBarbs]

Jeez lol my zoas, mushrooms, and LPS dont mind