Ok, to answer CarmieJo's questions:
1. The lighting of the tank has not changed. Same bulbs same hood. I had the normal hood light on it before the swap to the Coralife. The coralife has been on there and no green slime till recently.
2.the lights are on no more then 8 hrs a day
3.I am filtering it by a penguin 350 bio- wheel for now. (no
sump/refuge) Yet
4.Yes i have LS and
LR. I have 75lbs
aragonite Caribbean live sand, and about 20 lbs
LR.(I have 40Lbs
LR Curring in tub not ready to put in yet ,different post)
5.My
no3 and
Po4 levels are
No3 are at 0 and My NO4 is at like almost 0 maybe a 1-2 still coming down from .10
6. The fish and inverts I have are listed under "adding 40lbs
LR' post under new to saltwater. Nothing has changed except I no longer have the tang.
7. No nothing or nobody has gone AWOL!
8. The temp is 80-82
9. No different Foods and salt. I don't use additives(yet)
lol
10. The Snail population is 20.
11. The tank is a 55G
12, Running a
skimmer which is working properly, I am getting heavy dark smelling stuff in the canister.
Yes this green algae is furious, I can wipe it away before work and come home and it will be back on the glass.
this just started happening thats what is bothering me.
Thanks for the help!
