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I feed pretty lightly. Phytoplankton or Coral Plankton once a week. Cyclopeez 3 times a week. I feed fish once a day. All part of the effort to combat the algae - did I mention, by the way, it is a loosing battle. Mg ~1300

Water params are good are good: PH 8.2 Am 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 0 Cal 400 Kh 9 I have had it for about 3 years. I actually had two pieces. The smaller one has disappeared. I have T5 bulbs, I have reduce lighting over the past few months to help fight the algae. Shrinkage was noted before this...

Over the past year it has shrunk approx 30%. Do you have any ideas?

No worries Roxs. I have removed most of the sand from the display tank already and I've go to tell you. I don't really like the look. I siphon out the sand but the process kicks up a lot of sand and I don't want the fish to get sick from any bacteria that may have developed in the lower depths...

Wayes, how deep is your snd SB. Mine is about 1 to 1 1/2".

tbone, will your displays be BB?

Roxburyrage, do you keep a BB display tank? I am considering a remote dsb in my fug because I want to get rid of the sand in my display tank. I bogged down with nutrients and causing a heck of an algae and Cyrano problem. I think if I can go BB then clean up is easier and I'll be able to stave...

I got the point though. Thanks, I'll check out Phyl's link.

If only she would eat the hair algae... :-X

Soooooooo, what I think you're saying is in my case I may have an issue switching to BB with the LPS that I have now. I love those guys :-\ This is going to be a tough decision. The way my tank is setup, it would really benefit if I could crank up the water flow but there is a limit when you...

I really do like the look of the sand - when its relatively clean - but it seems I'm loosing that ability. I think most of my sand snails (Nassarius snd Ceriths) have died or will die shortly. I can relocate the live ones to the fug. I am concerned about my LPS and soft corals though. Can...

I am also debating this issue now. My tank is plagued with hair and bubble algae. Now, also developing slime algae. I think the slime algae is really a fungus of some kind. Which I successfully combated by keeping the tank in total darkness for 4 days... but now it's coming back. The hair...

Update: I went with the Kole (Yellow eye) Tang. I had her in QT (hypo salinity) for about 6 weeks. She contracted Ich (2 spots) within the first 2 days in QT. I dosed the tank with 1/2 the required mount of copper/gal for the first 3 weeks the stopped. The Ich seem to drop off within 2...

It was fine until about 9 months after setting it up. I open it and put in a pump and tube (that I keep close by) to pump out water for water changes or top-ups. Then place the top back on. I also dip in a jug every so often to do small fresh water top-ups. The jug is used only for top-ups...

I setup a RO/DI system a year ago and I am quite happy. However, the container I use to store the DI water in (rubbermaid can) is emmitting an odor. I'm not sure if it's from the plastic that might be breaking down or due to fact that I do not have a pump to agitate the water. I thought DI...

I have beefed up my snail count: Added 5 Astreas, 5 Ceriths and 10 Nassarius snails. I will likely add another 5 Ceriths this week. Also stepping up the manual clean up off bubble algae and skimming off the caked up gunk on top of the sand. I'm seeing improvements in sand quality already but...

I do have some Cyrano also but I do see some purple particles - I presumed it was Coralline. Though my wife says I am color blind :o So the bottom line is, it's not necessary to change the sand on any regular basis. I just need to keep up with my maintenance and clean up crew. I'll pick up a...

I was just wondering the same thing myself. I am having an algae bloom: hair and bubble. I am taking measures to reduce nutrients and light. I am also increasing the clean up crew but the sand is absolutely unattractive and I believe saturated. I usually churn the top 1/2" of the sand while...

I'll take the advice to QT for at least 5 weeks in hyposalinity. I was thinking about getting the spotted Kole but you say it may be a fish eater? http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/product_info.php?products_id=1228&parent_category=4&category_search=61&root_parent_id=4 So maybe the Yellow...

I just checked out these fish that you all mentioned. All very nice. The wife would blow a gasket if she knew I spent that much on one fish :o I already have a Cherub Angel. Wouldn't they fight with the Bellus Angels?