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    Green algae in a 55 gal. saltwater tank

    yes, the hair algae is on rocks, and green on glass. We did a 5 gallon water change and cleaned the filters with the water we took out of tank. The aqua clear filter was awful phew it stunk. First lesson learned, clean filters. It's looking a little better today. We plan on changing another 5...
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    Green algae in a 55 gal. saltwater tank

    We are having an excessive and persistent problem with green algae. We put snails, hermit crabs and a fire shrimp to help, but it keeps coming up on the glass the more we clean it. The snails and crabs are doing well with the rocks and live rocks. We have no direct sunlight on the tank. We keep...
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    new tank setup and cycling

    We have a prizm skimmer, aqua clear 500, cascade 1500 filter, and orbit compact florescent by current (48 in. with 4 - 65 watt lamps), in a 55 gallon tank, with 60 lbs of live sand, 80 lbs of dead rock (bones), 10 lbs of live rock. Are the nitrites, nitrates, and ammonia suppose to be tested...
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    new tank setup and cycling

    General dicussion on set up. The "cycling" that people are talking about? We have just been set up for about 3 weeks, there are dead rock, live rock, 2 clowns and 3 damsels, we also had alot of brown algae all over everything. Took rock out and scrubbed, rinsed and put in sun to dry out. How...
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