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Looking good! I would say that it should be mostly cleared up by the morning. May take a bit longer with no filter. If you have the aqua clear laying around it can't hurt to run it. As far as not running a filter at all you should be ok if you are diligent with your water changes and feed...
Not sure of any specifics of your system but if you are running a skimmer I usually recommend skimming a little on the wet side when battling algae outbreaks
It's hard to say definitively, in some of the pictures it appears to be dinos and in others hair algae. A few days of lights out can help along with manual removal. Also keep upon your water changes and cut back a bit on feedings until you have this under control. I have has success dosing...
The show really was great. More dry goods and coral than you could even imagine. Like mike said it was really cool seeing some vendors that I have never heard of with amazing selection. The jellyfish tanks were awesome I believe they were called cubic. And the jellyfish vendor they had...
Nikki,
If you have a hard time finding them see me a pm. My bosses wife owns a pet store down here so she more than likely will know if somewhere to get them
I know they make motion activated bottles of compressed air. You could put them where you don't want the cats (fish tank ) and when they get close they activate the air and get spooked. After a while they come to expect it and will stay away even when the bottles aren't there anymore