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The algae doesn't look brown. It is just a powdery dusting of green color. It is forming on the glass, and on everything in the aquarium. But, I don't think there is any brown algae. Oh, and then there is this white fungus-looking growth in some places... not so sure what this is! This is...

Thanks for the advice. I am getting frustrated....it was going pretty well for a short time. I haven't gotten the "stuff" out of the tank yet, but hope to have it out in a day or so (there are live crabs living in the oyster-shell formations, so my husband wants to return it to the ocean where...

It is a 55-gallon tank with a wet/dry filtration system. The store owner has been having me put 7 capsful of Cycle in per day, and he says that this will eventually take care of it. But I'm not so sure, can't tell if this "fungus" growing on the oyster-shell formations is "normal" or not...

Thanks. But is it your opinion that I should get rid of the oyster-shell formations, and maybe try some live rock? Or just leave it as is? I was not sure if this is a natural part of the "cycling", or if I really have a major problem.

Several weeks ago, we started our tank. We got it started with 5 damsels, which is what our local store owner suggested. For a short time it seemed okay. Then my husband added some "oyster shell-type" formations into the tank (which he got out of the ocean himself -- and which the store owner...