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21-04-2005, 12:59 AM

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Salt water is a pain and expensive. All I do is water changes every weekend
and still I battle with Hair algae and cyano. And everyone I have talked to
on the internet all have a different solution for which I have tried. Unless
you are willing to sink some major money in an aquarium, I would do a lot of
reading and really make sure I was serious about doing a marine tank. As far
as what we call a Live Rock Fish Only tank, that is my problem (the rock), I
have even gone Bare bottom trying to resolve my Hair algae problem and I am
tired of fighting. I just have a few corals because I don't want to waste my
money and let them be covered up with algae. I want a tank that I can enjoy
instead of a being a slave to. And where I live there are no clubs or people
locally that are willing to help unless it is the LFS that wants to take
your money. So that is the main reason I am considering getting out of the
marine hobby. Unless I just sell everything at a major loss and give up
having a tank all together.

Sorry for the rant but my aching back is talking to me.
Thanks for replying,
Paulette

Thanks. Can't you just get something to eat the algae? We
have ramshorn snails, ottocinclus, etc. for that in fresh.