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After finding out that the maroon colored stuff I was battling was Cyanobacteria, I followed the recommendations on this fabulous board and with my trusty turkey baster & net in hand, went in for battle feeling quite prepared. I squirted and squirted and netted as much of the once thought...

Originally Posted by paintballer768 Pellet food is ok. And might I add, usually I dont like backgrounds, but yours just seemed to grow on me . Pellet and frozen food are definitely the way to go. You can feed live brine if you wanted to only do that for a treat for the fish, because you...

Originally Posted by mcbdz Also, along with decreasing your feedings you may want to slowly change your food over to frozen food. The flackes especially are notied to be high in phosphates and break down fast increasing nitrates. Got it, change to frozen...what about the pellet food? I...

Tank has been completely cleaned including rocks and substrate. All media has been removed and replaced with new & readings are where they normally were. Tank looks beautiful and all inhabitants are alive & well. I am now feeding smaller amts. Thanks for all the info and advice everyone, this...

Originally Posted by mcbdz On the water changes, I would go by how fast you cyno is growing. Do the water change and start more water. Watch the areas and if build up is there again in 24-48hrs suction out again. I would not do more then weekly after that because you are still having it come in...

Originally Posted by GeoJ PH 7.8 at night or day? If tested during lights on a depressed PH is likely a sign of waste build-up or low alk. Test phosphate… tested during day with lights on? Will have to get kit thingey ma-jig to test the phosphate. Thanks for the advice.

Originally Posted by juice_1080 I had the same problem for a while....I picked up some phosphate sponges and put them in my filtration....It's not a cure for Cyano but it helps alot....what kind of salt do you use? I never had a Cyano problem till I switched to Instant Ocean Reef Crystals...

Originally Posted by mcbdz What are you feeding and how often? You should be able to blow the cyno off with turkey baster or power head. To remove it take the large bell off your syphon hose and suction it out with water change. Some parts are subbern so I'll use a baster to loosen if needed...

Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 It is cyanobacteria. The reason for Cyanobacteria is poor water quality. You are going to have to find the source of nitrates and phosphates. What do you use for your top off water? If you use tap water or well water, you should consider buying and using an...

Rough estimate of how much water to change weekly? How much more flow since I am already running 4 maxi-jet 1200's (seems to have good water flow since stuff is waving back and forth?)..every time I try to increase the power of the powerheads I get these tiny micro bubbles that stick on the fish...

I have what appears to be some sort of maroon colored algae appearing in my 55 gallon marine tank. Below I have uploaded photos of it, it appears to be soft and thick and started off slowly and is now progressing into long strands? I need to know what type this is, what is the cause, and...

Thanks for the great info. Glad to finally hear I'm heading in the right direction. Oh, and sorry about not listing water parameters...I was going by Palettas book. Here's my readings as of Sunday night<11/24/07> **Ph 7.8...raised it to 8.3/8.4 (reading as of 2am Monday 11/25/07) using Mariner...

umm, i got 260watt coralife with the lunars on my 55 gallon and it's awesome! I run the lunars at night as a nite light. They situate them on the back in a strip of 4 that are equally spaced starting a few inches in from the furthest corner. Now i'm pretty sure you don't want to fork out the...

Make sure the tank isn't near any light source...If it is and it can't be moved elsewhere, then cover all sides but the front with background covering. Next I would completely strip apart your filter (upgrade may be called for) and clean it and refill with fresh media and premium charcoal such...

Okay, Here's my 55gallon setup>> aprox. 35-40lbs of live rock (cured Figi & 3-4 small pieces of cured tonga), 5" of mixed alternating substrate (sand and coral), 4 maxi-jet 1200's running on a redsea wavemaster pro, 2 emperor 400's for filtration, seaclone 100 protein skim., 260w coralife light...

Thanks soo Much for all the great advice! I got the SeaClone 100 fairly cheap (I'll keep in mind the AquaC Remora Pro for when the SeaClone dies out). Can't wait for everything to come in to get the tank started! Ohh, and the fish recommendations were great! So glad I came across this site

Originally Posted by TeresaQ Hi and Welcome. My first tank was a 55 gal converted from fresh to salt. Most everything you have sounds pretty good. Same size lights I had, and I could keep most all soft corals. Mushrooms, Zoos, Leathers, Xenia. Aqua Remora Pro is a perfect skimmer for this...

Originally Posted by renogaw **55 gallon tank with glass cover (thinking upgrade to 90g. glass in future) as long as the stand is the same size, you should be fine to upgrade. remember, bigger tank means more rock, sand, water, better lights, etc etc etc. **Coralife 48" 260 watt lunar $214.96 &...

I've read soo much that my eyes hurt! I'm looking to break down my 55 gallon freshwater community tank and convert it over to a saltwater with fish and maybe coral later on down the line. I definately want to do live rock and would like to go with cured because I don't want to have to deal with...