KTLW

Thank you all for the advice, I guess I will give it a shot. I do have a couple of questions.

Do I need to keep the water circulating for the fist while they are in a bucket?

I was under the impression I have to use all of the old water, is that correct?

Honestly I am new to the hobby & I am just nervous about screwing it up

Can anyone recommend someone in Austin who offers a tank moving service? I have tried getting information from Kingfish & Sea Clearly but they have not returned my emails or phone calls. I need to get the tanked moved on Saturday morning. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

It is a 33 gallon tank & both houses are only 10 miles apart. Does anyone know what it might roughly cost as well?

I have have not changed anything with the lighting, I added some pH buffer Monday afternoon & I am going to check it again today. I have had the Xenia for about 6 months and the problem just started, I did recently add a heater & have it set @ 78.

I did a water test & the only thing that was off a little was the pH

Nitrite - 0 ppm

Ammonia - 0 ppm

nitrate - 0 ppm

pH - 8.0

Sorry for the bad pic, but can anyone tell me what is wrong with the Xenia? It does not seem to pulsate any longer & it looks like it is about to detach from the rock.

It looks like my Yellow Tang is struggling to survive. I have tested the water and everyting looks ok. Any suggestions?

We were able to scrape off some of it with my finger nail - it was dry & flakey.

I am still fairly new to salt water tanks, so I am not sure if I need to be concerned with the reddish dots or not. Come someone tell me what these reddish dots all over my glass is? How do I get rid of them?

Thank you

Thank you everyone for your response - it was all very helpful. Thank you Sundra for telling me about this site - it is awesome & everyone has been very helpful.

I am new to the hobby and the recent cooler weather made me wonder what is the best water temp for a Saltwater tank? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am insterested in some of the small rocks w/ zoas & other types of polyps. I am in Wells Branch & I can come pick them up afer the UT game. Please let me know what time will work good for you.

Thanks

Keith

I am fairly new to salt water tanks and I need some advice on algae. I have a 33ga tank that has been running for roughly two months. I have some live rock, mushrooms, xenia, 2 peppermint shrimp, 1 clown fish & 1 Yellow Tang. I first started to get a brown algae all over the live sand, some of it went away but then I started to notice in the back of the tank that the algae was turning a reddish color. Then two days ago a notice in the front a small patch of a blackish algae but this algae had as my son explains it "little hairs" growing from it. I did a water test and everything was perfect & I am doing a 10% water change every two weeks.

Is this normal or do I have a problem on my hands? If this is a problem, how can I fix it? If this is normal, how much longer will this last?