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Originally Posted by HaLo_Frk03 wheres it gonna open? It will be at golf (Rt.58) & Roselle Rd. Come in and see me.

Originally Posted by maxalmon Yeah, so why are you replying...... How big is big?

Put in at least 1 snail per gal., and they will take care of your polups.

At $4.00 for 40 lbs. I'll look around

He was talking about big ones right?

It can be red or green, and looks velvety, or slimy. It will cover everything.

You need to first find the cause. you can take out your live rock a little at a time, and scrub it with a tooth brush, rinse it in old tank water, and put it back in. Buy more snails, they love hair algae. per gal. would not hurt.

I did not rinse mine, and it cleared up in good time.

How much are you feeding? you may want to cut back a little. Are you using RO/DI water?

Don't over feed,or use tap water. RO/DI only.

No C.C. A sandbed is much better, and lots of liverock. In house RO/DI unit, saves a lot time and money. Go with the biggest tank you can.

Is there a way to rid your tank ot them?

I wouldn't use rock you find outside. You can look on line, or at your LFS

Originally Posted by washowi It sure isn't good for it. I run my lights like this (I use 2 400w 14K MH with 2 50/50 dual atintics -135w each) 50/50's on at 10AM off at 10 PM MH on at 11 AM off at 7 PM All tanks need algea, but you want to control it. My run with Cyno was from high phospates...

Originally Posted by washowi ditto you have cyno...suck it off with a turkey baster. You need more flow in the tank. also reduce light time. You use tap water in your make up water? What is your Phospate level? Cyno needs food to live - you have to starve it. Good point, washowi. Use only...

See my post to Dartman, Under red sand

Could be cynobacteria. Cut back on feeding. How is your water flow? you may not be getting enough movement on your sandbed. When that happend to me I added 2 small powerheads, and started to feed every day. No more cyno.

I found it on Barrington Rd. and Schaumburg Rd. in Schaumburg. It's about $4.00 a bag. The bag has a blue label, and is dist. by Old Castle ( southdown).

I have a 120, And when I bought my tank, my LFS sold a mix. I was allways vacuming my bed. I just took it all out, and put in a deep sandbed. I got white sand, From H.D. for about $4.00 a bag. I went with 5 bags, looks great.

I live in Illinois, Home Depot Just got some nice white sand in last week. Dist. by Old Castle, Clear bag with blue label. Looks great inmy 120.