JJCRIC
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi everyone,
The newbie is back. I set up my tank about 3 months ago, it is a 125 gal, 100lbs of LR 120lbs of regular sand and 60 lbs agra alive sand. I have a few corals in there, about 6 scarlet red leg hermits about 25 blue leg, 2 turbo snails, 15 caribbean snails 2 peppermint shrimp, 1 fire, and 1 coral banded. The top layer of sand keeps getting allege growth. sometimes red some green all different colors really only in low water flow areas, the LFS said just to suck off the top layer when I do a water change and I have done that twice already but I am not sure if that is the best thing to be doing. plus it just comes back. can anyone give me a better idea for a cleaning crew. Something that will stay in the sand and work it all the time. Or is it fine and I should just keep taking the top layer off with a water change. It just looks messy but it doesn't seem to bother anything.
The newbie is back. I set up my tank about 3 months ago, it is a 125 gal, 100lbs of LR 120lbs of regular sand and 60 lbs agra alive sand. I have a few corals in there, about 6 scarlet red leg hermits about 25 blue leg, 2 turbo snails, 15 caribbean snails 2 peppermint shrimp, 1 fire, and 1 coral banded. The top layer of sand keeps getting allege growth. sometimes red some green all different colors really only in low water flow areas, the LFS said just to suck off the top layer when I do a water change and I have done that twice already but I am not sure if that is the best thing to be doing. plus it just comes back. can anyone give me a better idea for a cleaning crew. Something that will stay in the sand and work it all the time. Or is it fine and I should just keep taking the top layer off with a water change. It just looks messy but it doesn't seem to bother anything.