The sand is carib sea fiji pink and the hydor caniser filter can be special orderd through me. PM me for a price. The algea is pretty much non existant. It takes about 2 months for it to be noticeable. I just change 5 gallons a week and clean the filter pads every two weeks. The light is a 65 watt
PC retro fitted into an standard light hood. I did this to match the stand.