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You bet Tom. Glad it worked out for ya.

Someone please correct me if i am wrong but the presence of algae is not harmful to the fish just an eyesore or not if your into that. i would think that if you start scraping and strring up the algae the bio-balance might get upset and stress the fish..? Someone put me in check please.

Originally posted by salty james: <strong>Welcome to the Board. There is alot of good information and people here. Look in the archives there is some good information to follow. IMO, the trigger & the grouper are going to present a problem when they get bigger. You will need to get a bigger...

Originally posted by crazyelvis: <strong>I live in Grand Blanc... Where do you get your supplies and fish ? I havent found a good place in our area , I travel down to Waterford (Moby [hr] ) and Pontiac (Aqua Nest)... Would like to find a closer place if you know of...

Originally posted by angelgirl: <strong>Welcome to the board! The first thing I would look at is using tap water, have you checked it for phosphates? They are common in tap water and can cause algae blooms. Alot of IFS sell RO water or even mixed sea water, or you can get a RO unit yourself...

Im from just south of Flint in Fenton ( Southeast Michigan). Actually, the UGF is kindof a dummy setup cause I decided at the last minute that I was gonna use sand as my substrate. So the filter is setting below the sand and only has one rise connected to it which has a diffuser in it just for a...

Thanks for the response. Here are the results of the water test: PH= 8.0 Nitrite= 0.8mg/l Ammonia= 1.5mg/l (this is pretty high huh) The algae is not hair( unless I wipe it from the glass surface, then it becomes "strand-like" ), it is more of a coating on the CC and rocks. It is covering a...

All my fish get along well but its an unwritten rule to them that the Bursa Trigger is the badboy. The Grouper is no slouch though either. I have a Chromis Damsel that has the guts to steal the Rosies from the Triggers mouth :) .

Firstly, I have a 55g tank with a mixed substrate of white sand and crushed coral. The only filter I have is a Skilter 250. I use a Marineland heater, a crappy Lee's air operated protein skimmer; an airstrip run along the back and 2 24" Marine-Glo lights. I have two yellowtail Damsels, one Blue...