A friend dropped a whole automatic feeder full of pellets into my 6 mo old 300 gal tank. Tank has just 7 green chromis, live rick, one emerald crab, one brittle star, snails and hermit crabs. Protein skimmer getting a lot of skimmate. Ammonia, nitrites, nitrates did not spike, but everything now covered in algae. Some of the rocks have the "furry" algae. Pictured below. What should I do?
Advice needed. Accidental over feeding.
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RalphsReef
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Do water changes every couple days. Use a tube to siphon the algae as best you can. Monitor you water parameters. A 6 month old tank is definitely cycled, however the biofilter might be challenged by such an overload.
Kershaw
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Water change and try and suck up what ever food you can. It will continue to brake down your clean up grew should eat some of it.
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If you have a sump, you can also put the end of your siphon hose into a filter sock in your sump and siphon away to your hearts content without draining your tank in the process.
SantaMonica
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Trick: attach some clip-on lights so they shine through the glass to the rocks, so the rocks grow more algae. This will consume ammonia. Then the growth will be thick enough to vacuum.
