I agree with Newman on the timeframe to get things stable for a marine setup like yours. It is a slower maturing process than freshwater. Both setups can be started/seeded rather easily, but a marine tank takes longer to level out, and different types of algae are inevitable in the course of time until things are mature. The 'algae-scrubbers' you see being built kinda solve this for you, but only by growing the algae in a small controlled area instead of your display tank.
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Wow a year huh? I thought maybe a few months, but with the money and time already invested it should be here longer than a year. Right now my CUC consist of many different types of snails, two dwarf hermits and one cleaner shrimp. The snails are going nuts on the algae. I think the GFO helped a bit. Seems like the algae growth has slowed.
I'm not sure I'm familiar with the 'algae scrubbers' you guys are talking about. I'll look into them.
I'm not sure I'm familiar with the 'algae scrubbers' you guys are talking about. I'll look into them.
Yeah... you are going to either need to pick a clown species, or the maroon will eliminate the option to pick for you...
However either one you keep, you can add a mate (pick a smaller clown than the current). If you keep the ocellaris, you could add a mate of a different "designer" pattern/color if you wanted. Even in 300g+ aquariums, a female clown will not allow any others besides her mate. FWIW, maroons are the most aggressive clowns, much more so than percula/ocellaris.
However either one you keep, you can add a mate (pick a smaller clown than the current). If you keep the ocellaris, you could add a mate of a different "designer" pattern/color if you wanted. Even in 300g+ aquariums, a female clown will not allow any others besides her mate. FWIW, maroons are the most aggressive clowns, much more so than percula/ocellaris.
My six line wrasse died. Not sure what happened. All tested levels are normal. I added some cheato and gfo recently. Other fish are fine. Only other red flag is a tree coral that has been closed up for a few days, but my star polyps which I'm told are good water quality barometers are doing fine. Strange.
yikes, glad you caught it in time. I ran my aqualifters for years and never had any fail. must be bad luck 
I am also having trouble with an elegance coral. Has never done well for me. I think its dying, never opens and the tissue seems to be receding. The only param that is off are my phosphates. They are at .08. Struggling to get them lower than that. You think .08 phosphates would effect the EC like this? All other corals are doing awesome.