It's tough to find good help!

Well, I've been extremely patient waiting for treatment to take place. The magnesium dosing has proven to be effective at mitigating the bitch algae. It seems as if the water parameters have leveled out and it's now time to add some life.

I went to Salt Water Connection to purchase an emerald crab and some snails on thursday evening and guess what!? They didn't have any! I've been in and out of salt water stores for a couple months now and they ALWAYS have emerald crabs. Not today! So I went home empty handed, instead of just impulse buying SOMETHING to put in my tank.
I'm ready to add life though once I'm able to find some animals. I'm going to add some snails and crabs shortly to help take care of any algae growing on the rocks. I've been told that Aardvark pet supplies (on St Marys) has saltwater and am going to try pop in soon to check it out. Until then, I'll increase my photoperiod and see how the rock reacts.

Here's some photos, so you can see how the algae has subsided along with another full tank shot. The rock is super white now! I think it's from the corralline algae dying off the surface (that was the pretty red/purple stuff).