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Sounds like you have a lot of Live sand in your tank. the Live rock will give you some critters - but mostly it for the fush to swim around and to create a mini reef base that your fish will enjoy and ocik at for food, and a place for you to put your corals.

Purchase enough Live Sand (I'm preaching again) to create a 4" deep sand bed and then add your live rock on top to your liking without concern for help as a biofilter. Create an ecosystem that's nice to look at and great for your animals - let the live sand do the work.

Most of the animals in your tank come from a reef of some kind somwhere. The summer sun is on around 9 - 12 hours. I have mine on from 9AM to 9PM - that's totally normal.

Brittle stars don't eat sand sifters, nor do Sally Lightfoots - you have another predator in the tank - check for a mantis shrimp - or you have a carnivorous fish. what type of fish do you have? Check a compatibility chart. You be feeding one of your fish.

BTW - thank you for reminding me that I know nothing of marine biology and that I should contine to increase my research.

Try smashing the colony with your cleaning magnet and scooping out the remains with the lights off so your fish doesn't see the net.

they're not mean - just territorial.

Be careful - better to just scrape the stuff off with a magnet, your fish net and get some cleaners - chemicals like that can really hurt your fish.

agree with slick - none is better.

Did you remove the Live Rock - heck just put that back in there - there's nothing in there that will die from cloudy water.

KrUNK, How about a filter free environment? a couple of powerheads, a protien skimmer and the Euro/American Deep Sand Bed method. Since your tank is new - you could do it up right. Get your water params right - salinity, temp, even use your discarded water from your existing tank durinmg a...

It will take all night - but be happy - those damsels you have can go back into the tank in about two hours and should survive. The temp of the water needs to be stablized mostly. these animals have lived with underwater sand storms for many generations. Mine survive three such mega storms...

adding live sand or live rock to your tank will cause the tank to recycle. a 10-75 gallon container(this depends on the amount of LR you are buying) from Wal-Mart is about $12.00-$25.00, a power head for your purpose is about $25.00 and a heater is about $20.00 Buy the above first - Fill to...

Red slime comes transported from live rock, live sand and even the water the fish transfer from. If your tank is nutrient deficient (which it is supposed to be) your fine. If you really want some red slime just purchase a piece of LR with it and it should spread in your tank.

The Red slime treatment causes the protien skimmer to react with the tiny bubbles. Leave the skimmer on and do some water changes. Question - what was the reason for the red slime treatment? Is your tank new and just cycling or are your fish looking sick? As far as your algae problem - make...

This is a mean nasty fish that eats inverts. If you don't mind having your rocks moved around and don't have any inverts you're OK.

careful with the live rock - sharks get scratched real easy

Throw that thing out - they don't work!

Fiber optics are too localized - but if you want to direct light to a specific place in the tank without having light everywhere Fiber optics will do nicely

I have two Sea Clone's - one for my 55 gsal and one for the QT tank. Remove the air adjuster and make sure you clean the collection cup every other day. Also plan on cleaning the unit completely every three weeks and it works fine.