Esco

yup i found that out... the blue damsel buried most of my frags.

some fish

so this is it

yup, only 5lbs of live rock right now, down here it cost 10 dollars a lb at animal wonders. so yea, pretty pricey. i do have like 15 lbs of live sand, but i need alot more.

cool, thanks. yea i figured it'd prolly be better to let time take its course. just wanted a second opinion, that was a pretty quick responce. if anyone know where to get about 20-50 lbs of live sand on the cheap around austin or san marcos, i need some.

Whats going on people, im new to owning a saltwater tank i just recently set up a 55g with two blue damsels and a 3 stripe damsle, and a engineer goby, and a osc. clown. and a choc. starfish... but anyways the tank was running for two weeks with 5 lbs of live rock before i added any fish, but three weeks after stocking it i noticed some sort of brown stringy alge growing on the glass and rocks. all the params seem fine except for the water being really hard. what would cuase that? and how do i get rid of it?