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...sigh... Have had a 12g nano up and running for 12-14 of months. After everything settled in and looked "mostly" good for a number of months, but continued to battle some algae issues - mostly green stuff growing on glass. Had a sudden outbreak of hair algae (I think - pictures attached for...

Been working on a PO4 problem that I believe is causing a cyano problem along with some increased algae growth. Been doing regular PWC (just completed another 5 gal out of 12 total since nitrates were a bit on the high side - about 10) and all water parameters been looking good. I wanted to...

Thanks to all that responded to Part I of this post a few weeks back... After the hair algae had calmed down to a reasonable level and diatoms had started to go down, I did a little landscaping to rearrange LR. As a part of that, I naturally had to disturb the DSB. After a couple of days...

Nano tank has finished cycle and things are looking fairly good. Except for this algae that seems to have popped up in multiple places, including in the DSB, back wall, and LR. Bio-load is relatively light for the 12 gal tank - two Percula Clowns, a lone hermit, and a handful of Nassarius...

I have a mature (3 year old) 55 gal tank that is doing nicely. However, after adding filters, powerheads, skimmers, and phosphate reactors the back of the aquarium has little room left and the inside of the tank has more associated pumps, intakes, and outflows that are detracting from the look...

DSB on my 55 gal FOWLR has been up and running for about 6-7 months now (after converting from CC). DSB is 4-5 inches deep and was built using Pure Carribean Aragonite (about 120 lbs) and 30 lbs of LS from the LFS. Shortly after establishing the DSB, some "interesting" colors showed up against...

These have been popping up on the LR. Look like pods or maybe early stage worm tubes, but being new at this FOWLR thing, I'm only guessing. "Tubes" are maybe 1/8" in length and are mostly clear. Picture to help.... You help appreciated...

My Auriga has been in the tank for several months. Noticed a small orange "growth" that seems to be on in the area of his pectoral fins and or rear edge of the gill plate. At first it looked like a piece of Formula One flake stuck on the back of his gill plate, but it hasn't gone away for a...

This has been a slow grower in a FOWLR tank. It almost looks like a sponge in structure, but not like I've seen. Any thoughts on what this is and whether or not it's good to keep? Thanks, Tim Pics of "it" :

Switched a FOWLR from CC to DSB about 4 months ago and things are going well...I think. Conversion was a bit painful with the loss of a couple of perc clowns :cry: but ended up with about 120 lbs of Pure Caribbean Aragonite topped off with 30 lbs of LS from the LFS. Gives me about 4" of sand...

As part of the conversion from CC to a DSB, I purchased 30lbs of LS from the LFS. Got home and placed the LS into the tank and suddenly something started moving! Checked it out and apparently there was a horseshoe crab that made its escape from the LFS via the LS. I'm assuming that he'll help...

Relatively new 55 gal tank (has been up and running for several months) has rarely seen a nitrate level below 12mg/l and is typically between there and 25. Have been doing regular water changes - as much as 10 gal per week, and up to 15 gal per week, with no significant reduction in nitrate...