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  1. biggyal66

    Overgrown hair algae

    I took all of my rock out and scrubbed it clean with a tooth brush. Plus I took all of the stuff out of the sump and scrubbed it clean as well. Now this is what it looks like now. Alot better and I did some landscaping and now I have an island in the middle of my tank with a 1 powerhead facing...
  2. biggyal66

    Overgrown hair algae

    I am looking this weekend to build a fuge/sump with a rubbermaid tank for it. the sump I have now is not cutting it. Plus it would take more work than I want to modify it to have an actual fuge part. I looking for a rubbermaid tank as we speak. The first is going to be the inlet then to the fuge...
  3. biggyal66

    Overgrown hair algae

    Thanks for all of the reply's. As far as my bioload goes I only have 2 clowns lawnmower blennie and a clown gobie. A few snails and a few tiny crabs. I guess I need to take out the rocks again and do a good scrub on them. After that I will start weekend water changes and I have been starting to...
  4. biggyal66

    Overgrown hair algae

    about a month ago. I run my tank lights from 4pm to 12am. then I run the cheato light 1 hour before and after the display lights. I need a bigger light on the cheato, It doenst seem to be growing very fast.
  5. biggyal66

    Overgrown hair algae

    I clean/replace the filters everytime I do the water change
  6. biggyal66

    Overgrown hair algae

    Right now in my sump I took out the bio-balls and replaced it with 3 layers of filter material and I took out a piece of LR from the display" it was getting in the way" then added a ball of cheato with some culpera and a spotlight setup with a 50/50 bulb. I guess I need a better test kit? I need...
  7. biggyal66

    Overgrown hair algae

    I only use RO/Di water and I am running a coralife supper skimmer. I also do a 10 gallon water change every other week. I completely drain my sump and clean it out of buildup then pull a little from the tank, then refil. My test kit is only about 6 months old but its one from Petsmart Reef...
  8. biggyal66

    Overgrown hair algae

    I forgot to mention I already did and he is a lazy-good for nothing fish. He will only eat a little on the glass and a little frozen food I feed my clowns. He got so skinny I had to get some vegi-pellets just so he wouldnt die.
  9. biggyal66

    Overgrown hair algae

    Here are some pics
  10. biggyal66

    Overgrown hair algae

    I have been running my 20 tall since march and everything was running fine and I finally beat the war with red slime, then all of the sudden I have an outbreak with hair algae. I tried scrubbing it off and it worked for a while. But I was feeding pellet/ flake food. That was driving my phospates...
  11. biggyal66

    refugium before skimmer

    I have a 10watt 50/50 cf bulb on there right now but thinking it needs more light
  12. biggyal66

    refugium before skimmer

    cool, Ive only had it in there a couple of days and already I can see growth. Thanks
  13. biggyal66

    refugium before skimmer

    I put a small powerhead in the fuge area. It just seemed to be kinda dead water not a lot of movement. Should I take the PH out? Any ideas?
  14. biggyal66

    refugium before skimmer

    This is my sump/fuge setup. I am really wanting to get rid of the bioballs but that will come later.
  15. biggyal66

    refugium before skimmer

    I have this sump tank.http://www.futurepets.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=ACA207770 In the first camber I have some cheato with some LR and a light then thru the bioballs then my skimmer and return pump share the same space. I am really wanting to take out the balls but I am having a huge...
  16. biggyal66

    Cheap MH light

    what ballast would work the best? If I need to replace the ballast right off why dont I just order a complete set from someplace else. Price wise it will be about the same.
  17. biggyal66

    Cheap MH light

    I totally agree. I think Im going to talk my wife into getting this light for me with the next few weeks.
  18. biggyal66

    Cheap MH light

    1x MH 150W 15000K (Free Item) this is from the add.
  19. biggyal66

    Cheap MH light

    Has anyone had any experience with this light or company? http://cgi.ebay.com/17-24-Metal-Halide-Aquarium-Reef-Light-Pendant-178W_W0QQitemZ290345006742QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4399e93696&_trksid=p4999.c0.m14 It sounds like a good deal. I need a new light for my 20 tall.
  20. biggyal66

    Will this work for a DIY Nano refugium?

    I am getting a 3 gallon pico and then getting a http://www.hellolights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=419 and using the light that came with the pico as the light for the refugium.
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