Yeah. It has been quite busy. I've now moved on to building my kids a fort, then I have to concreted the patio...so it will be busy for a while. But I will find time to spend in the fish room. Luckily the sun goes down and the work outside has to end. :)

Thanks Scott. Of course the title was a bit overly-dramatic. lol. It's been a busy month. With the bad there was also some really cool moments with the fish.

Bummer Eric. That's frustrating. I've added 24 snails am changing my phosgard more during this time to get it back in check. I'll buy a new toothbrush. I'm guessing it's best to pull the rocks out when I do a water change and brush the algae off in the bucket?

I can't move my rockwork, so I just net out the clumps after toothbrushing. I would recommend a lawnmower blenny (and PLEASE start quarantining your new fish!! 30 days is standard) in your case, since a 40 won't accommodate tangs.

+Infamous Aquatics for sure! The new life in the guppy tanks has been very fun and rewarding. Now to get those Picasso and DaVinci clowns to pair up....

Fingers crossed on that. Though they are both clowns they are still not the same species of clown. I hope it works out for you though. I would love a pair from that batch!

+Infamous Aquatics right. No guarantee, but I think it would have interesting a results if it happens.

My thoughts exactly. Hey, Sanjay did it. Why cant you?

+Brian and Xman's Aquariums yeah. It was just frustrating. I got over it the next day and moved on.

I had clown fish in a 20 Gallon tank with saltwater and a regular hang on back filter for a while. I did have live sand and live rock in it, but moved them to a 29G Biocube - just because I liked the look of it and found one used for a great price.

The cichlid is doing much better with no dosing. Must have just been beat up

+Xavier Cherry I did. I started that process immediately after purchasing him from a freshwater tank.

Creative Fish Studio aww man well I'm sorry for your loss, maybe SG was off?

+The Water Box that makes sense! Yeah. I was bummed. I'm going to wait a while before I get another. I want to have a better tank for viewing it.

That's a good plan man!

What?! The high of the hobby dies? Say it ain't so Deon! :) The high definitely isn't as high because of time constraints, but it is still calming to come out and work on the tanks. I don't like cleaning many things, but I really enjoy cleaning my tanks.

Creative Fish Studio Yeah its definitely a high blower when the wife starts complaining. Its so bro. Im trying stay strong but the tank life interfering with my other duties. May the force be with you.

Thanks Michael! So I bought 12 snails to start when I first started the tank and the toby killed them all... I just watched Melevs Reef video about hair algae removal a couple days ago. He dosed with PhosRX and then just pulled it out. I went to give it a try and the lfs said it didn't fix the problem and that I should about getting the PH levels in check with PhosGuard... It gets confusing because everyone has their way of dealing with things and they vary greatly. Going to try frequent PhosGuard changes and see if that will help. If not I'm using PhosRX then pulling that junk out.

This is true, everyone has their own way. My protocol is switch my lighting to 15k if I'm on 12k. To 20k if I'm on 15k. 20% water change a week for 3 weeks. Vaccing the tank and sump. And I'll only feed frozen food. For some reason I think pellets cause more algea. I also physically remove as much as I can, I even break out a tooth brush I have just for my tank. Another thing I is keep a very shallow sand bed. I'll jack up the flow for a bit every couple days to remove detritus. That additive that melevs reef uses brings the phosphate to 0 and makes it easy to pull off algea. Never used it but seems legit.