Brackish Question

[Nelson]

How do you control algae in a brackish tank ?  I'm noticing that brown algae is beginning to appear.  I know chems are out of the question, so are there snails, fish or other critters (SAE equivalents) that will do the trick?  Thanks again

[kennyman]

Diatoms?

What is your salinity?

Im using 2tbs/g to get .005

I have ramshorn in my brackish tank. I dont think they are the best suited to it though. They breed well enough in there however. I am throwing them out with waterchanges since I dint have anything here that will eat them.

I did get one MTS that came home from BA Innes. From what I have read on the internet they are better suited to Brackish water and do a great job a cleaning.

[Nelson]

Diatoms?

What is your salinity?

Im using 2tbs/g to get .005

I have ramshorn in my brackish tank. I dont think they are the best suited to it though. They breed well enough in there however. I am throwing them out with waterchanges since I dint have anything here that will eat them.

I did get one MTS that came home from BA Innes. From what I have read on the internet they are better suited to Brackish water and do a great job a cleaning.

My salinity is 1.010   I'll look into MTS.  Thanks

[dannypd]

Diatoms?

What is your salinity?

Im using 2tbs/g to get .005

I have ramshorn in my brackish tank. I dont think they are the best suited to it though. They breed well enough in there however. I am throwing them out with waterchanges since I dint have anything here that will eat them.

I did get one MTS that came home from BA Innes. From what I have read on the internet they are better suited to Brackish water
and do a great job a cleaning.

My salinity is 1.010   I'll look into MTS.  Thanks

Do go with MTS and add an inch or two of gravel for them to hide in during the day (cosmetics).

[Nelson]

I've read that brown algae is a common type of algae that appears new s/w tanks but will go away in time.  I still think I'll put a few MTS's in there to see how they make out.

[kennyman]

You may have to aclimate them to your water over several hours. I can not move Ramshorn snails from my Brack tank to my FW tank. They die in a few hours if they are droped right in. I put them in a waterchange bucket with an inch of BW and add some fw ever couple of hours.

[Nelson]

You may have to aclimate them to your water over several hours. I can not move Ramshorn snails from my Brack tank to my FW tank. They die in a few hours if they are droped right in. I put them in a waterchange bucket with an inch of BW and add some fw ever couple of hours.

There is a process called "dripping" in which the salinity of water is either raised or lowered using a drip from an airline..one drop every two seconds or so.  Works well and over a few hours you can safely acclimatize fish, crabs etc.

[mseguin]

Invertebrates are very sensitive to salinity changes, which is why a salt dip works on parasites.

[dannypd]

Dont worry about dripping MTS.  Unless they are large and old, they should be fine to the adjustment.  

I have a fresh water tank where I breed mts' and at night they get dropped into my b/w tank...none lost like that.

[Nelson]

Thanks all, I'll be dropping a few in the b/w tank tonight.