Folks, if you've recently upgraded or renewed your annual club membership but it's still not active, please reach out to the BOD or a moderator. The PayPal system has a slight bug which it doesn't allow it to activate the account on it's own.
I totally agree. Steve gave me a 30 gl long with cabinet and hood for free, Eric and I have been exchanging fish for corals - and he's been very generous, along with 'meeting' some great people online
I run a simple system- I'll leave it to the experts- Dave? But a blackout won't hurt. Why weekly water changes? Seems like overkill with all you have going
Can you turn the blues off altogether for pics? that would help. But even without pics I'm sure that if it's brownish and not slimy it's diatoms- you should be able to blow it off with a syringe/ turkey baster. Cynano is like- slime. Diatoms ( in my experience won't grow on live rock- just the...
Check out Craigslist and amazon marketplace- Ocean Image aquatics in ledgewood closed it's store and was selling used breeder tanks- but that was a while ago
Post pics of your progress please. I love it when something gets a new life. I'm about to embark on a return of a discarded 30 gal- just enough for me right now :cool:
can you post a pic- cyano looks like red slime- not sure why you'd get a diatom outbreak, but I've had a few over the course of months while the tank was aging
How old is your tank/ setup- sounds like diatoms- part of the process (if it's brown ) red would be cyano- I had that when I moved my tank- a real pain to get rid of. Patience is what you need :cool: