[Ken]

I'm shopping for another skimmer now. There is about 160lbs of live rock. It's a kind of plenium set up the whole thing including the egg crate stuff, crushed coral and live sand is probably about 4in deep. There are bio balls in the sump where the water comes in. I am removing them alittle at a time. What should I put in their place if anything? I'm thinking it may get pretty loud with nothing realy to brake the fall of the water except the grid with all the holes in it. Yes there is an algea problem, the red harry stuff and some very dark green but since all the water changes that seems to be getting alittle better but the powerdery green on the glass comes back overnight. The whole back of the tank use to be purple but most of that is gone now. The purble seems to be comming back on the rocks though, it wasn't gone completely and maby was just covered up by the dark green in places. Salifert test kits are on the way.