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Oh and flower what did you mean about the red cyano suffocating the coral? The actual water is clear and my lighting unit is way more than what that particular coral needs. Is it the nutrients that the cyano is stealing suffocating the coral?

Thank you both for the replies. Eric I have 1 maxi jet 1200 powerhead, the water I get is from a commercial RO dispenser and I don't really know what to test, and I have been changing out 5 gallons every week. The live rock was sundried about 6 months ago so I'm not sure if it needs to cycle...

I also have a 6 bulb t5 fixture (4 actinic 1 purple and 1 10K). I know its probably responsible for the algae but I don't want to turn it off because my leather isn't doing too well as it is. I can't keep any snails alive because my nitrates are too high so the algae keeps getting worse.

So I have a 30g reef tank with 3 ocellaris clowns a blue damsel, 1 male spotted mandarin goby and 2 toadstool leathers. It has 15-20 lbs of live rock that may not be live anymore (I had to sundry all of it for two days to cure a brittle star infestation). Anyway I am 20 and this is my first...