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That red algae is a pain. Didn't Mike add like 50 Mexicans to combat it?
I have no algae problems. Just one spot with a tiny bit of brillo-ey hair, and a wild coral that grows Maiden's Hair that a. looks cool and b. is easy to pull right off when it gets a little longer. My cleanup crew consists of 2 hermits, 10 snails, and a tuxedo urchin(he's just there to spread the coralline & for looks). IMO people are putting way too many snails & hermits. I haven't had to clean my front glass in over 2 weeks. I run a tablespoon of purigen in my Deltec, and do 5 gallon WCs every week, after I baste the crap off the rocks.
Also, it's probably a good idea to quarantine any animals for 2 weeks before putting them in. This is why people have problems with Bryopsis in an Indo-Pacific display. Think of all the astreas/ceriths you add, and the trace amount of spores in their crap. They don't eat the bryopsis directly either, so already there's an uphill battle in the long run, even with clean water.
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