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Well whatever the case may be, the algae is now collecting on the spines of my long spined urchin. Boooo.

Originally Posted by joojoo How much LR do you have? If you have a full tank of LR, can you rearrange the rock work, putting the algae covered rocks on the bottom of the stack? Pulling off hair algae will really only remedy your problem for a few days or so, I feel for you, we've all been...

Originally Posted by joojoo Hmm... scrubbing the rocks has a high possibility of resulting in loss of bacteria which will mean a longer cycle. Are you going to scrub ALL the rocks? Yes, I think it's a good idea to switch over to a complete sand bed. Fill the tank completely, not just covering...

Thanks for all the help so far. So you're suggesting I go through with the new substrate, filling it with water just over the sand level, and the cycle will start but only take a few days? At which point I can move everything over, with the angel last a day or two after the clowns? Also I...

Ah ok... I have no coral yet (just upgraded lighting), and I have two clowns and 1 flame angel. For inverts I have hermits and a few snails, plus a long spined urchin, a camel back shrimp, and a cleaner shrimp.

Originally Posted by reefkprZ not true if he took all his existing stuff exept the cc and put it in the new tank there is nothing to cycle, its all already established, if then added one cup of dead sand a week over the next million weeks untill he got the depth he desired there would be no...

Hmm... what if I went with no substrate, and then added new live sand a little at a time... would this prevent a cycle?

I have a standard 55g right now... it's old and stratched up, and doesn't look very good, so I want to replace it, but with one the exact same size. Anyway, what I would also like to do at the same time is change my substrate... right now it's a mix of crushed coral and live sand... I want to...

Originally Posted by MichaelTX I would cut back on the lighting a bit it will help slow the growth. The air bubbles you are seeing is more than likely a by product of the algae growing and will subside as the algae goes. I would get an RO/DI unit asap because I dont trust the water from...

Originally Posted by MichaelTX a jump in lighting will always cause algae blooms. Your tank is still in the stabilization stages until it hits about a year so any changes that happen will cause an outbreak. What type of water are you useing also it can greatly affect algae blooms. also compared...

Originally Posted by saltn00b i think it is just diatoms from a new tank and new lighting. usually tanks will have to adjust to this in some way. diatoms will dissappear in a few weeks. trates have nothing to do with it, but you should do WC's to fix it. I hope you're right, and it clears on...

I've had my 55g FOWLR tank up for about 8 months now, and two weeks ago switched from normal output lighting to T5s (432 watts total). Now, I also had been neglecting my water changes (I know, I know), so my nitrates were pretty high (ammonia was at 0 though). Doing daily water changes to...

Originally Posted by uberlink Bite the bullet. You can buy a decent RO setup that can hook up to your tap without altering plumbing for $100 or so. Anyone have any info on what type of unit and where they can be purchased?

I have two false percs and a flame angel in my 55... they're best pals. My flame doesn't bother anything in my tank... Then again, it just may be this particular flame.

Do you still have the coral?

Originally Posted by saltn00b maybe wait an hour so they can soak up that cyclop and open a lot And then drop on the mysis? I'll give it a go...

Originally Posted by saltn00b try some searches for sun coral pics. when you said just the flakes i assume you meant flake cyclop and not just flake food ? did you try the bowl method of keeping them 'saturated' with the cyclop for an hour? the usually are open fully when the outer most...

Anyone know how large the polyps will actually open to?

will they get any larger? They've opened to about the same diameter as they were when they were closed, pretty close to the picture above.

Ok well that seemed to work a little... they opened up some, but I'm not sure how big they're supposed to get.