Scubafrog's 29G Biocube

[Scubafrog]

This is my first saltwater fish/reef aquarium. I'm starting a thread to try and win the "Share Your Tank & Win 10,000 Pennies" contest. I'm having issues with GHA and brown sand and could use the money to tackle the problem.

29G Coralife Biocube w/ Stand

Started: 09/01/2014
20lbs live rock
20 lbs CaribSea Arag-Alive Fiji Pink Sand

Standard Lighting (10K & Actinic CF lights and (3) lunar blue LED strips)
Tunze 9001 protein skimmer
InTank Media Basket with Chemi-pure Blue
Coralife Biocube Mini UV Sterilizer
Cobalt Aquatics Neo-Therm Heater (75w)

Livestock:

(2) Ocellaris Clown fish
(1) Bi-color Dottyback
(1) Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Misc CUC

This hobby has become the biggest love/hate relationship that I have ever encountered. :tongue:

Not the best pictures but they are the best I can get without a macro lens.

 

[Toolmandan]

lights out for 4 days and 50% wc then do it again once it starts to come back. works for me (but that doesnt mean it would work for anyone else)

ps nice looking setup though

 

[Scubafrog]

 

[Scubafrog]

lights out for 4 days and 50% wc then do it again once it starts to come back. works for me (but that doesnt mean it would work for anyone else)

ps nice looking setup though

Thank you!

I was doing 5 gallon (about 25% as there is only about 20 gallons of water) weekly water changes and even did a 10 gallon water change one week with real ocean water. I almost had it completely eradicated until Easter weekend and I used water from a different LFS and it came back. I can't say for sure it was the different water but that is all that I changed.