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Things that go away on their own

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Paul B
, 05-15-2012 at 02:00 PM (2135 Views)
It seems that there are so many people in this hobby that are stressed every time they see something either growing or just appearing in their tanks.
I figured I would post things that over the years just went away with no help from me.
Hair algae.
I have no idea when I took this picture but it must have been at least 15 years ago. That fireclown is stil with me and he is almost 18 now, but look at all the hair algae. The fish and corals were in great shape, but the tank looked horrible. It left on it's own like it always does

About 2 years ago I had so many flatworms that I could not find any rock that was not covered in them. Everyone was urgeing me to use "Flatworm Exit"
IN about 6 months, every one of them disappeared. I didn't use anything.
Last year I noticed one tiny spot of this bubble algae. Everyone said I had to remove it immediately or it would cover everything in the tank and the tank would crash.
Much of it has died off and it is only on a couple of rocks. I like the stuff and think it is interesting.

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  1. cyano's Avatar
    your pictures are not showing up for me
  2. adam's Avatar
    nice to hear. I've had all these problems as well. I went about them more hands on. I used flatworm exit successfully. Hair algee was another story after months of scrubbing adding lettuce nuibreas I gave up and tore the tank apart and added newly cycled rock. In some cases allot of us could learn to be a little more patient. The less I put my hand in the tank the better it does.
  3. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    Thanks Paul. You've always been a great reminder to just have patients.

    Phil
  4. blennyman's Avatar
    I agree with a lot of what you're preaching. A couple of years ago, I tore down my tank to remove all of the fish with little white spots on them and treat them with Cu. Attempted to let the tank go fallow for 10 weeks or whatever the recommended amount of time was. After reintroducing my fish, the white spots reappeared again and I had enough. I was ready to let nature sort it out. I will say that to this day, I haven't had ICH claim any of my fish, but I've seen it pop up from time to time upon introduction of new fish. I think as long as your fish aren't stressed, it's not a killer. Likewise with the algae - try not to get too excited unless a piece of coral is in jeopardy, in which case I've been known to take swift action on occasion. Never have regretted throwing out bubble algae though!
  5. Paul B's Avatar
    your pictures are not showing up for me
    They are not that interesting, just make believe you can see them.
    I don't know how to make them appear.

    Adam, some types of flatworm are destructive and will kill corals, but not all of them. Some just want to lay in the sun and get a tan. They will leave when they get bored.
    Lettuce nudibranch's are really slugs and not nudibranch's. Slugs are vegetarians but lettuce slugs or Elysia Crispata live on bryopsis then they continue living on just light. They are useless for hair algae control.
    I raised hundreds of them and wrote an article on them.
    http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11846

    I agree with a lot of what you're preaching
    I don't preach, these are just some things that go away for me. There are many ways to get things done. It's just that I am older than most people here and me and Abe Lincoln have been at this for a while. The fiftees actually. No not the eighteen fiftees.

    You've always been a great reminder to just have patients
    Phil, if I had any patience before I started this, I would have been a Doctor.
  6. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    Guess there's a reason I are an engineer instead.