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  1. atlantisaquatic

    Localized Xenia Extermination

    I was wondering if anyone could give me some good solutions for eliminating xenia (red-sea pompom, I think) in localized areas? Tank's a 92 gallon corner, 800w of halide lighting, tons of flow, sporting a 20g refugium sump. I do run carbon intermittently, especially when fragging the xenia...
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    Snails that produce like a spider web to catch food

    I found that fragging pliers work well to get the majority of the snail and tubes off... smashes 'em up pretty well too. The bummer about trapping them in their tube is that they can rot and foul up the water some... but I'm sure you know that Ed... The 'ole syringe/hypodermic full of...
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    what starts cyano?

    I got another one for ya Boomer... if one uses Kalkwasser (that precipitates phosphate), does that slow Cyano growth noticeably on the substrate or does it simply store the phosphates in a convenient location for the cyano? Would one then consider the phosphate precipitating nature of calcium...
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    what starts cyano?

    BOOMER! You're the man... now, I gotta know... did you look that one up or did that just come to your head of its own accord? Swank Brother... swank.
  5. atlantisaquatic

    what starts cyano?

    Hopefully you'll have the problem snuffed... chemiclean rocks. Either way, in my experience, even locallized pockets of nutrients caused by trapped food particles or fish emulsions can give rise to cyano. The tough thing about cyano is it functions as both a bacteria and an algae... Julien...
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