thanks for the welcome, i've been lurking in the shadows for a few days now. here and every other site i could find with info on fowlr tanks. i originally planned to do a reef tank, but since i've heard nothing but bad news about my filter setup(fluval 405) and reef tanks, i have since changed my mind. besides i like fish anyways, i've had freshwater tanks for the last ten years or so and i finally decided to take the plunge(no pun intended).
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i dont think i can get a pic of the pink/red stuff, it's very very light and my camera is crapola.the tank is about 3 weeks old, i started with about 50lbs of live rock, and about the same with live sand(except the one bag of white sand i had that i mixed in). is cyano bad? i'll google it shortly if i dont hear from you first hand. thanks for your help.