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Old 12/16/2007, 11:28 PM
Mike in CA Mike in CA is offline
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Please help ID (Pics)

I have a nano that I started neglecting and areas have been taken over. My snails nor hermits will touch it. An ID and suggestions for removal are appreciated.

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Old 12/17/2007, 05:24 AM
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My guess is some sort of Gracilaria. A herbivorous fish wuold probably take care of it in no time, but there arent tto many that would do well in a nano. Perhaps an urchin or emerald crab. Looks you could knock it back yourself pretty easily first.
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Old 12/17/2007, 07:18 PM
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My nano is 30g. I plan on buying a yellow tang for my 120g tank. Perhaps I'll make the purchase and house him in the nano for a short time to see if it's edible.

Yes, I can manually remove a lot but it grows back fairly quickly.

Any other id suggestions?
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Old 12/17/2007, 09:50 PM
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I was thinking some kind of Gracilaria too. Why don't you just put the tank in the 120 and feed it out of the nano? Some snails may eat it, I know abalone do for sure!
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