actually Myka No you want to leave the Sand bed alone, let the critters do the sand bed cleaning. IMO and IME sort out the RO unit yes that is a great idea. check to see what youTDS of yoru water coming out of yoru tap. it could be that the city may have been using some kind of chemicals in thewater that bloom algae's.
If your DI is old get it changed out too.
since you have a somewhat small tank you could get a phosban reactor ad nrun ROWA phos to destroy the Phos, in your tank. what type of a skimmer are you using?
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