Growing nuisance algae (need help)

[Caspertheghost]

So this might be a little strange but I want to grow nuisance algae in a 2 gallon tank.

I'm attempting to grow hair algae and diatoms so that I can propagate a certain CUC species and they need lots of food!

Any ideas that could help speed up / start the algae?

Thanks everyone!

 

[flyfish]

Yeah come get some of mine

 

[Caspertheghost]

Haha. Yeah, you think that would work?

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

My advice would be to set up the perfect system. Do it all by the textbook. Go out and buy all high end stuff, spare no expense! Spend hours upon hours planning this thing, down to every little detail. Once the day arrives to set it all up, I'd take my time....really dial everything in until it was just perfect. Once perfection is achieved, just sit back and watch all of your best laid plans turn to s#@t. One little thing will have been overlooked, or perhaps you just wanted to sit back and marvel at your masterpiece....and everything will go wrong. It's kind of a reverse psychology approach.

 

[Caspertheghost]

Hahaha. Good stuff

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

In all seriousness, I'd find someone who currently has a GHA outbreak and trade them a clean piece of live rock for an algae infested piece.

 

[Andrew_bram]

In all seriousness, I'd find someone who currently has a GHA outbreak and trade them a clean piece of live rock for an algae infested piece.

But then rock would clear up as soon as it's moved lol

 

[Caspertheghost]

That's not a bad idea

 

[Fitz19d]

This is a algae only tank? When feeding frozen to other tanks, take all the juices normally strained/discarded and dump that in. Phosphate/nitrate explosion.

 

[Jscwerve]

If you propagate a species that eats Dinos, you put me first in line to buy whatever they are.

 

[Caspertheghost]

Happen to have a pic of which Dino algae you have?

 

[Caspertheghost]

I got some of that that came in on some AC live rock. Had to starve it out to get rid of it. Don't think anything I had would eat it

 

[Jscwerve]

Ya, I think I'm slowly winning the battle. Went from just a skimmer to a skimmer, GFO, Carbon, Filter socks, and several kinds of macro, and water changes almost daily in the matter of a month because of this junk. Had a little bubble algae and hair, but after I got my tangs, not a trace in the tank at all. They don't do dinos though.

I've heard stomatellas (sp?) might eat it, but I haven't tried. I'm gonna figt for another couple of weeks and a GFO/carbon renewal first.

Sorry for the thread derail.

 

[Caspertheghost]

I will throw you some stomatella snails. I usually post threads giving them away. I can round up about 5 or so, let me know