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Well it looked red in the tank but when I put some water in clear tubes for water test it did look to be a bit on the brown side

Added nothing new. Went to fish store yesterday and they were baffled also Someone did tell me that the UV Light could of killed off phytoplankton in the water column. the UV was killing it off, but there was not a way to collect the dead phytoplankton, so the tank was full of brown dead...

So I am still stuck at work but my wife just called with an update when she got home - tank is still red but remaining fish are still alive. She sent me a pic (attached) and told me it is far worse that what the picture shows because of the flash

I am wondering if it is possible that the UV sterilizer (since it was off for 2 weeks) suddenly changed the water quality by destroying some bacteria that was beneficial to the tank. The red tint to the water is what drives me nuts especially since i could not be home to see it but instead...

No additives..... as far as I know....all was well with the seals on the UV Sterilizer.... Think there could of been a leak or something?

72 Gallon saltwater tank with coral/sand bottom (no corals) About 2 weeks ago I noticed the bulb on my UV Sterilizer had burned out. I ordered a new one and it came in yesterday and I replaced it last night. This morning I left for work early so did not turn the light on in the tank. My wife...

Yeah I think you are right - 2 PW isnt enough to do it. I am not sure of their flow rate but I probably need to move more water around

Been getting a lot of red algae accumilation in tank (on sand bed and live rocl) seems to be in a blanket form - has been happening for quite some time now and goes away when I mix sand up but back soon after. Any solutions or way to remove? Details of tank are as follow: 72 Gallon bow front...

I have a 72 gallon tank. Inside I have the following 1 Volitan Lion (Rather large) Porcupine Puffer Yellow tank Purple tang Maroon Clown Black Velvet Damsel 3 Yellow tailed damsels Bi Color Angel Australian Tusk Fish Everyone gets along just fine in the tank. I also have a large crab (unknown...

I have a 72 gallon tank. Inside I have the following 1 Volitan Lion (Rather large) Porcupine Puffer Yellow tank Purple tang Maroon Clown Black Velvet Damsel 3 Yellow tailed damsels Bi Color Angel Australian Tusk Fish Everyone gets along just fine in the tank. I also have a large crab (unknown...

I feed mine the freeze dried shrimp and he goes nuts over it !