Emerald Crab has always been suggested as a stable of a healthy reef tank’s clean-up crew, but the more people I talk to, the more I realized how many of them “go rogue” in a reef tank once food becomes scarce (usually after they “fixed” the problem). After seeing a rapid decline of my fleshy […]
After doing the bare minimum to keep my reef tanks running for more than 2 months, I was able to find time to do a top to bottom deep cleaning of the tanks! In terms of the 45g, it has been overrun by bubble algae and the Vortech MP10 and Maxspect Gyre were not pretty. […]
I have a love/hate relationship with Emerald Crab. At this instance, I consider them as a necessary evil against the Great Bubble Algae War of 2020. With that said, while I am a believer of biological pest control, I am also continuing the Vibrance dose to help weaken / knock out the bubble algae at […]
With bubble algae and aiptasia showing up again in both tanks (never ending battle?), I have once again went back to square one in looking for a biological control. After hearing from multiple reefers that reefcleaners.org offers a “money back guarantee” that their Emerald Crabs would eat bubble algae, I have decided to place an […]
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