Brackish Algae Eater

other than the columbian sharks, the 55 gallon tank might as well be converted back to freshwater rather than brackish.

Why...?

Btw, headcouger, just because it "looks" fine, doesn't mean it is. Someone can say that a betta in a glass cup is healthy, they might even say thriving, but what is he really? Surviving. Barely. And he won't get near 5 years. More likely 5 weeks in that.

Your cons are not brackish fish. Stop killing fish and snails, please. It would be appreciated. Bye-bye harlies to a new tank, with oh, say, 5 others? And those columbians will get 18" and eat as much as you do, and almost any fish short of a tankbuster they're kept with. The goldfish can't stay in that tank. Remove it, you're fish deffinately don't appreciate on OS tank and poorly stocked tank.
 
I have NEVER had a problem with algae in my brackish tank, and I have pretty strong lighting- almost 2 watts per gallon. I have about 12 olive nerite snails I ordered from AZ gardens. I guess they keep the algae under control. http://www.azgardens.com/aquarium_snails.php

(sorry to get off the subject at hand, but the thread was originally about algae, so I thought I'd chime in.)
 
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