Well couldn't overcome the hair algae issues from a second hand tank I bought so all live stock sold and tank stripped down. When removing all items the state of them was awful and all now cleaned up and like new. Decided while tank stripped going to buy the Tunze 9002 upgrade and Media rack as they seem to improve the water clarity and flow etc. Taken a while to do but worth it as know when complete will have a lovely tank again.
Despite all efforts to deal with the hair algae I had in tank from previous owner i was fighting a losing battle so took the huge step of closing down the tank. The live rock is cleaned and in a container with a powerhead and heater and so is the sand, the coral and fish went to a fellow reefer. I have since stripped the red sea max down thoroughly cleaning the power heads and skimmer (not a nice job as was filthy and covered in scale - which meant the previous owner had ...