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I changed water with saltmixed and top up with RODI. actually it got better after i bought ans changed to new RODI. But my display tank still show signs of brown algaes.. Could it be my sump set up? I have no space for refugium unless my 1st compartment is used as one and the skimmer remains in 2nd compartment. Is this arrangement still ok?

Hi Here's my sump. 1st compartment is a mess.. pic taken 2months back. My display tank as mentioned developed lots of hair brown algae on rocks and glass screen.

Hi Seniors I need help with my Fish Only Tank set up. Been running it for 1 year plus but my tank is still a mess. My fishes grown from as tiny as a thumb and now they are as big as a palm. Feed them once a day. But the issue I am so concern of is the Algae outbreak. There and then I always faced problem with brown hairs powerdery algaes on the display tank and on my LR. Did waterchange frequently once a week but the problem still happen. Lately I realised my skimmer is not skimming well. There is no foam collected into the collection cup. But my display tank showing mess under the sand bend, on LR and the glass screen. My fishes are healthy and active. I wonder if this is due to the wrong set up of my sump tank. My display tank is 3ft and my sump is 2 ft. My 1st compartment of the sump is designed for the filter medias. No space to slot my SK201 skimmer. So my skimmer is placed at the centre compartment. The last compartment is ofcourse for return pump. I am only running a skimmer in my sump currently. Everytime my 1st compartment collected lots of mess which remain stagnant in the water and also in between coral chips + media rings. I plan to slowly start Reefs setup but with current problem I am very worried it will crash. Read in some of the threads that the brown hair algaes frequently outbreak could be mainly caused by dying LiveRock and bad quality sand. Is this true? When I was cleaning up my tank, rocks and sand in my main tank, I do discover lots of worms especially those red worms coming out from my LR. It was so many that I got so worried. Need advise please. Do I really need to restart my setup? throw my LR and sand and get a new good ones into the tank? Can I still use my sump setup and what I can I do to make sure the 1st compartment water to be fully skimmed by my skimmer which is in my 2nd compartment? I am getting tired of all the mess but at the same time I dont want to give up this hobby..

Just to share i bought a quick start system package frm jireh. But i realised it doesnt come with space in e cabinet for sump tank if am to consider upgrading using sump tank. Saw reviews here that most let go of e quick start n revert to sump. So after reading the reviews, i forsee that e quick start system will just fr my temporary use before i think of upgrading to sump which should be e proper running system. I m afraid i hav alrdy made a big mistake with e tank even before i could start running.

Is cannister/ external filter suitable as alternative for my case?

Hi im newbie here. I purchased by mistake thinking that my tank cabinet will have space for sump tank but it arrived with centre panel which is fixed to the structure. Can my 3ft tank fit a small sump tank in one of the compartment? Does it enough to suppport the 3ft tank? I plan to just run by filling in sea water instead of mixed salt water, can anyone one advise the +ve and -ve of starting w sea water? Hope to hear frm some experts here..