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    Taking over brothers tank, help keeping it clean

    Hey. the ammonia and nitrite are at 0, nitrate is at 5-10. Uhm the only inverts I see are a nickel sized hermit crab and one snail (nassirius I believe). SG is 1.025, PH is 8.2. The tank is 1.5 years old, it was filled with tap water origionally but has been topped off with RO water ever since...
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    Taking over brothers tank, help keeping it clean

    My brother recently moved out and I am left in charge of his tank which is a 55 gallon FOWLR and LS. The only inhabitants are a blue damsel and a percula clown. I've only kept freshwater tanks in the past but I have done quite a bit of research and I think I'm prepared to keep this tank going...
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    Hair algae

    ok thanks man you've been a great help.
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    Hair algae

    ok thanks a lot for. Do you think it is necessary to raise my flow rate higher than 10X?
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    Hair algae

    How high do I need to get the flow? Its at about 10.5X hourly turnover. My clean up crew is 15 blue leg hermit crabs, a serpant starfish, four margharitta snails, five nassirius snails, and five astrea snails and a scooter blenny, what would you suggest adding?
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    Hair algae

    Ive had my 55 gallon FOWLR and with LS for about 1 year now and i am having serious trouble with hair algae. It grows all over my front glass and covers the sand in some areas like grass. It is very difficult to siphon out, since it is sort of "rooted" in the sand and it is also difficult to...
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