So, many of you may have seen all of my other recent posts, but have many questions...I have had my fuge running for about a month now and it is covered in brown algae....chaeto is growing REALLY fast and my nitrates are down to 0 now since adding it. (before they were a steady 20 ppm) How necessary is it that i clean off the brown algae? It doesn't bother me...to be honest I haven't cleaned it once since hooking it up. I may suck up some debri that is collected at the bottom with a siphon, but wasn't sure if I need to be doing other maintenance to it....thanks for any help....oh btw, put snails in it?
Refugium Q
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Bifferwine
I am a girl
It's not necessary. As long as the algae is growing in the fuge, not in the display, the fuge is working as intended. A lot of people will keep a small CUC in their fuge to keep it cleaner. You could add some snails.
BL1
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How long are you running the lights on your fuge? You can put a small CUC in there to take care of that algae. I have a few snails, 29ish hermits, and a gorilla crab in my fuge. You just need to make sure that you occasionally supplement them with food if there's nothing in there for them to eat.
