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McDowellreef · Jan 11, 2019

I’ve had a tank for approximately 20+ years. I started with fresh water and moved to salt water the last 15 years. First salt water tank was 125 gal reef tank. In January 2015, it was paralyzed and while I was in the hospital and rehab for about 6 months, my tank was taken over with hair algae. After coming home and trying to clear up the tank and control the hair algae with no luck, I decided to tear down my tank. I was unable to do anything and had to watch my wife do it all by her. My family insisted I keep the tank to help with my depression I had after my paralysis so we started over with a 150 gal reef tank. With my inexperienced wife’s help, we are trying to get the tank going again. One year into this process, this is where we are. Spent a lot of time reading and looking at reef tank information. We are currently struggling now with bubble algae.

Gonebad395 · Jan 11, 2019

Welcome a lot of knowledge here sorry to hear about the bubble algae. Also show us a few pics to try to help ya out.

Crabs McJones · Jan 11, 2019

Welcome to R2R!

#WelcometoR2R

mike werner · Jan 11, 2019

Welcome to our reefing family.Sorry to hear about your accident.Mayb if you list your location we can find a few reefers to help with some relief for the wife.Just a thought my friend.

Seawitch · Jan 11, 2019

Welcome. We are delighted to have you here, and there are lots of people who will help you get everything under control. I'm so sorry about your misfortune, but happy that you're still committed to reefing.

dbl · Jan 11, 2019

Welcome to R2R and your new reefing family.

James M · Jan 11, 2019

Welcome to reef2reef !!!!

bsn_rn_cen · Jan 11, 2019

Welcome to reef2reef.

lapin · Jan 11, 2019

Howdy partner. Lets see some tank shots :))))) huh huh:)))) I bet it looks better than you think.
Bubbley algae. The old, pick off each bubble and syphon it out is tried and true. However your situation my not allow for this. Next option is finding a lot of big emerald crabs.

Dimmy007 · Jan 11, 2019

Welcome To R2R!! Glad you haven't given up.

McDowellreef · Jan 11, 2019

This for the commits, it’s been a tough 4 years. Here are a few pics. We live east of Dallas. Thanks mike and seawitch still trying to cope , but things are getting better.

Dimmy007 · Jan 11, 2019

McDowellreef said:
This for the commits, it’s been a tough 4 years. Here are a few pics. We live east of Dallas. Thanks mike and seawitch still trying to cope , but things are getting better.

Looking good!!