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ok thanks everyone..i will try and find a home for the sand sifter..i have room for another aquaclear 20 on the other side of the tank so i will put that on there..i just pulled the rubble out of the filter..i will let you all know how it goes.you have been a big help.

ok i juat got back from the lfs with a piece of rubble i had this stuff covered in..they identified it as red slim bacteria..it doesnt have strands like hair algae does and it covers mostly live rock..

Trogdor Thanks for that useful information.. I am using 65 watts PC lighting I do have coraline growth but that is purple and with tweezers you cant scrape it off..this red algae comes off just by touching it with the tweezers..so im not sure that is coraline algae..

ok here are some answers water-RO water- no tap water cleanup crew- 1 sandsifter starfish feeding- i feed 2 ml out of a syringe of live brine shrimp 1 time a day anemmoe gets 2 mysis shrimp 1 time a day. filtration- Aquaclear 20 with live rock rubble instead of bio balls i...

ok i will cut back on the water changes to 1 1/2 gallons..by heavy flow do you mean power heads or a bigger filter.. thanks for your replies

I need help I have a 15 gallon with 25 lbs of live rock...i get brown diatom algae on the glass and sand..and recently i have noticed red algae on my live rock. It's not coraline algae because it scrapes off..this tank has been up and running for 3 months... water parameters are ammonia 0...

If i might ask..what is your lighting on this tank..very nice rock work

the mini's only get the size of a half dollar..perfect for a nano..and it is doing well..i posted a pic under 2.5 nano section.. thanks for your reply

wow not many posts here..maybe i should have put this under the lighting section..moderators could you please move this for me..i would really like some opinions.

i will be posting more pics as soon as i get my connection issue here worked out..took me forever to post the top pic :sad:

thanks..that pic was 2 days old..tank is now 3 weeks old and im starting to get some coraline algae on the live rock..i do water changes 2 times a week.

this is my 3 gal reef tank..it is filtered by a zoomed canister filter with glass inflow and outflow pipes. lighting is 18watts dual lighting 1 frag of red zoa's 2 mini carpet annemea's cleaning crew consists of 2 snails as of now 3 bumble bee golbies.. I hope you enjoy

Hi i am new to this forum..i have a 3 gal reef going and a 15 gal reef..My question is i have 18 watts of lighting on the 3 gal. is that enough lighting for my corals..currently i have mini carpet anemme, red zoanthids, for a clean up crew i have 2 snails in the tank...thanks in advance for you...