bucky1168

Ok. I am having a problem with this brown slime looking algae. I have had it for about 3 weeks and can't seem to get rid of it. It will start to get better then come back again. I have cut back on food, added a power head for water movement. My skimmer seems to be skimming fine. My filter seems to be working good. I only have 5 small fish in a 46 gal tank. Ammonia 0, Phosphates 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 0, PH 8.2, SG 1.024. Algae seems to be mainly on the rock and not the sand. Water movement seems to be fine. I also have 15 hermit crabs and about 20 snails. (scratch) Any suggestions???

What I have right now is a 46 gal bowfront. It is a FOWLR with 2 percula clowns, 2 yellow tail damsels, and 1 yellow watchman goby. As far as inverts, about 15 hermit crabs, 15 turbo snails, 5 nassarious snails, 1 cleaner shrimp, and 1 pistol shrimp. There is about 80 lbs of live sand and about 43 lbs of live rock. As far as filtration, I am using a Fluval 305 canister filter. On the opposite side of the filter return, I am using a Maxi Jet 900. Lighting is a Coralife lunar aqualight which has 1 96 watt10000k power compact and 1 96 watt 03 Actinic power compact. I am using a HOB skimmer. What I am wanting to do is move up to a 70-75 gal tank. When I do that, I am wanting to use a refugium. I am just trying to get ideas so when I set this up, I know what to do from the get go.

Just wanting to know what everybody is putting in their refugium? I am going to make a sump and was just checking on what to use for the filtration in the refugium. I have read people using live rock, live sand, plants???