The tank has been running for about 1 month as of now. There is about 20-25lbs of live rock and about 30-35lbs of sand(about 2-2.5" sandbed). as far as the inhabitanta there are two false clowns and two cromis and some soft coral( kenya tree, pulsing xenia, GSP, Mushrooms. The algea that i see is brown in color and is minimal on the sandbed and minimal on the glass.