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I have a 60gal marine tank with about 50lbs of live rock and 40lbs of live sand. The tanks as been established for about 2 months but i just cant seem to get the ammonia lvls under control. I also have a nasty brown algae problem going. I've cut back on food to make sure im not overfeeding. I've drastically cut down on the legnth of time the light is on but 4-5 hours and its all over the tank. I have a protien skimmer and i emptied it two days ago when i did a 50% water change the next day it was half full of this yelloqish water which was unusual since the contents are usually a darkgreen almost black muck. The morning after the water change all of my snails and one of my fire shrimp died. My othwr shrimp didnt look so hot but all the fish and my sallie crab were fine. Since then my sallie has been hanging upside down on a live rock enjoying a $32 shrimp dinner. I've checked my ph and its stable at 8.2. I am using tap water andin the nrxt month or so im considering an ro unit. I dont want to spend thw money if it wont work. Im ready to just sell everything and convert to cichlids if i cant fix the problem.
I have a 60gal marine tank with about 50lbs of live rock and 40lbs of live sand. The tanks as been established for about 2 months but i just cant seem to get the ammonia lvls under control. I also have a nasty brown algae problem going. I've cut back on food to make sure im not overfeeding. I've drastically cut down on the legnth of time the light is on but 4-5 hours and its all over the tank. I have a protien skimmer and i emptied it two days ago when i did a 50% water change the next day it was half full of this yelloqish water which was unusual since the contents are usually a darkgreen almost black muck. The morning after the water change all of my snails and one of my fire shrimp died. My othwr shrimp didnt look so hot but all the fish and my sallie crab were fine. Since then my sallie has been hanging upside down on a live rock enjoying a $32 shrimp dinner. I've checked my ph and its stable at 8.2. I am using tap water andin the nrxt month or so im considering an ro unit. I dont want to spend thw money if it wont work. Im ready to just sell everything and convert to cichlids if i cant fix the problem.
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