Need suggestions.....

[mrdarieus]

Current setup:
55 gal
50#'s lr
40#'s ls (caribSea aragonite)
1 2x65 watt PC w/lunar leds
2 powerheads
3 hermit crabs
1 anthenia
1 multicolored button polyp
mushrooms
1 xenia
My tank has green hair algae and cynobacteria(diatoms)!!! The inhabitants that i had previously were 2 marron striped clowns(deceased), one algea blenny(deceased), several snails and hermit crabs(all but three hermit crabs (deceased).! the cause of death I am guessing to be new tank syndrome,,, my water parameters have been checked daily, my tank has been set up now going on about 2 months July 12th.
I hadn't planned on adding anything new to the tank (fish,invertebrae) probably for another month, I plan on getting about 25#'s of lr from Botev0 this weekend Sunday hopefully. other than that I am going to take it slow.
the ? I have is can i take my light off the timer currently set at 11am to 7 pm. Would my tank be sufficient with about 2-4 hrs of PC lightning and natural room lightning? I'd like to do away with the algea and cyano, so can anyone please give me some suggestions?
Thanks Darieus

[mrdarieus]

Deluxe Prizm Protein Skimmer and Aqua Clear 40-60 gal filter

[bcromwell]

Get a skimmer and don't add anymore fish until everything settles in for a while.

Ooops you replied while I was typing about the skimmer.

[thekid55]

get a skimmer!!!! scrub the rock and pick hair algea. and do a water change double of what you always do. things will get better. aalso you should buy phose gaurd and do you use RO water?

[Ms. K]

You're probably correct about the reason your animals have died off. It often takes new tanks two months, sometimes longer, to finish cycling.

[mrdarieus]

Should I reduce the light time from 8 hrs to 4hrs?

[Loverotties]

Prism skimmer isn't a great or good skimmer.

[thekid55]

yes, yes, and yes. when things get better slowly move it back to 8 hours a day.