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What is the benefit of a deep sand bed? What happens with more sand? Also what is a refugium?

I do have a small skimmer on the back of the tank (red sea prizm skimmer). Pulls some out. Should I take some fish out? What can I do to get Nitrates down besides water changes?

How deep is considered deep sand? I have about 2 inches nothing underneath it. Yes I have several blue legged crabs and 10 snails. They are obviously not doing the job. Yes as you can see I am a rookie at this but I want to succeed. Should I start with getting a test kit for the Nitrates...

Assuming they are through the roof what can I do? Do phosphate spunges work? Woman at the pet store told me 10% water changes a week, lots of blue legged crabs, a lawnmower blenny and scraping it off? What other options do I have? Is there a good chance of getting rid of it?

I do not keep them. Alkalinity and Calcium is all I track. Bad move?

I have a 30 Gallon reef tank with few corals and 7 fish. Recently large patches of long thick green hair alge has been growing. Some of it I can scrape off, but some is in places I cannot reach and some is growing on my live rock. I have some yellow pollups where the alge has started to grow...