overall not happy with my tank....

[kkiel02]

With that algae you need to find where your phosphates/silicates are coming from? By limiting these you will limit the growth of algae. It can come from sand(what sand did you use?), water(are you using ro/di water?), and food(which you said you are overfeeding so you may want to cut back some to see how the algae reacts).

Here are some examples of what I use to give you an idea- Aragasnow sand, RO/DI unit(I did start getting hair algae as my filters were spent), and I feed my whole tank two cubes once a day(right now its 1 cube of fish and reef 1 or 2 as I switch off between those and one cube of PE Mysis).

This ought to get you started on the algae...at least I hope it does.

[FSU]

The live sand is the bagged kind that I used, 120 lbs of it. I get RO water from a couple LFS since I do not have a RO/DI unit yet (soon). If you want names PM me plz. For food, I am using several things. I have no corals besides mushrooms, so I use Marine One flakes, Marine One kelp flakes, frozen mysis, marine cuisine, and H2O Life spirulina with brine shrimp and mysis. Then of course I use red nori for the bigger fish maybe every other day. Oh, I only use this once in a while, but it is dry hatchery diet from Sustained Aquatics. The clowns go nuts over it. I do not feed much of it when I use it which is maybe once every 3-4 days. The rest of the foods is mixed, whatever I happen to grab. They are not all at once. I feed once in the morning, say a cube, then another cube at night. Or it might be some flake then a cube at night. You get the idea. Like I said though, I probably am over feeding and will take your advice and try cutting down some. They're such pigs though lol

[FSU]

BTW, I think part of what I do not like is that my tank isn't RR. There didn't happen to be any RR 125 -150g when I got my tank, so I had it drilled in the back and went from there. The RR's just look so much nicer, are so much quieter, and seem to have much better flow (maybe it's just me). Think I might keep my eye out for a RR tank, get a bigger sump for more room and filtration, and then think of reasons why I need another tank, possibly bigger, to my wife whom isn't involved in the hobby at all besides just looking at the fish and corals (once I get some).