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Huh? wow, like trippy:D

Sounds like diatoms, get a silica test kit, silica is usually the culprit, though nitrates and phosphates also play a role. BTW, snails will help to control this, look for a snail that eats diatoms.

I agree with Nacl-H20, but if you do have detectable copper, then the substrate and any live rock is ruined.

It would kill off anything external, probably, but it wouldn't do anything to organisms or bacteria, viruses the fish has internally.

wow, that pretty much shoots down anything I can suggest. How old are your bulbs? The only other suggestion I can give is to add powerheads and direct them where the algae is growing. Sorry I can't help more, maybe a shark will chime in.

One other thing to consider is that most of the fish in saltwater aquariums are from tropical areas, you could introduce a disease that the striper is immune to that could wipe out the other fish, just a thought.

I've often thought about it, kept a few pumpkinseed sunfish as a kid. The funny thing is that a lot of people like large carnivores like Oscars but they never try to keep some of the fish you can find in the local lake or river. It would take a large tank, but it would be sweet to keep a...

Big but nice! Sweet tank!

I must be sick too, I keep a flashlight handy near the tank and sneak up on it after the lights have been off for a few hours, neighbors must think I'm insane.:D

check your phosphate and nitrate levels. Also check your lights, 10,000K bulbs seem to help fight cyano.

I would add a pound or two, let it sit for a couple days, then right before you add the next batch skim off the large grains of sand you want out of there, then add the new sand, keep repeating until you have it the way you want it. I don't have any experience with cucumbers, sorry.

This will give a place to start, it's a 55 watt retrofit for the Eclipse 3 http://www.customsealife.com/NewFile...ite-retro.html

Hey Jarre, any chance I could get you to take my name out of the database, I'm getting kinda sick of the telemarketers;)

Only thing I want to add is that the sand has a huge amount of surface area, so it is probably more efficient than LR, but the LR is also a source of worms and stuff that make the sand bed work. They compliment each other in a lot of ways.

I just saw your other post about your lights, that was going to be my next question. The blues are good, but if the regular bulbs are less than 10,000K you may want to get some 10,000K's. You need about 550 gallons per hour of flow in your tank, the flow will also spread coralline spores...

Check your calcium levels, coralline needs that to grow, your lights should be more than sufficient for coralline.

Sounds really cool Broomer, I'm always interested in seeing stuff like that, I'll definitely have to take one of those tours someday.

Did you post a thread referring to a competitor to SWF.com?

Usual recommendation is 10 tank turnovers per hour. that would put you at 550 gallons per hour, so 344 gallons per hour from the Rios is not too much. Like ekclark said, it is a good idea to aim the powerheads directly at each other, this randomizes the currents in the tank. Use full flow...

The larger sized grains will work their way to the top, you could just skim them off the surface a small section at a time over a few weeks time. Is the DSB doing it's job? What kind of algae are you having a problem with?