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Old September 19th 06, 07:11 AM posted to rec.aquaria.marine.misc
Beemer
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Default Thousands of barnacles


"dc" wrote in message
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| "Beemer" wrote in
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| Any advice on dealing with this?
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| Clean them off and decrease the amount of food being put in the tank. The
| fact that they are multiplying so quickly suggests there may be too much
| plankton-like foods in the tank.
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| How do you feed your corals? Spot feeding with a syringe may allow you to
| reduce the total amount you are feeding.
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| They may just be a type of spiraling calcious bristle worm and not a true
| barnacle--I see these guys all the time in reef tanks. They carpet the
back
| of my nano-cube reef. Dealing with them is the same.

Thanks,

Beemer