Algae identification and fix

[shiv]

Hey guys,

Got some algae issue. Not sure what type of algae it is and would like to know how to fix it.

Tank is about 6 months old. Algae looks green and is fuzzy. I can use a turkey baster to blow it. But not fully. Images attached


Any help will be much appreciated.

 

[BighohoReef]

Potentially green hair algae, do you know what your parameters are? Specifically nitrates? Algae is common in a new tank, it’ll pass but you can try a few things to help remove it before it takes a long term hold.

Couple of things you can try:
Reduce your lighting schedule (red light helps to grow algae.)
Use a clean up crew (CuC) I use trochus snails for all my rock work.
10-20% Water change once a week... vacuum out your sand, blow off your rocks.

Couple of other questions
How big is your tank?
What’s your lighting schedule?
How much are you feeding? And how often?
Do you have any snails or crabs to help

 

[shiv]

• Nitrates are 0
• No CUC
• 2 Clown fish, 3 frags of zoas and 2 sets of mushrooms
• 12 gallon fluval evo is the tank
• Ai prime 16 HD light with 12 hours schedule. Red and green spectrum is from 5pm to 10pm 1 hour ramp up and down on either side. White light is the same.
• feeding is like one small pinch of pellets. Once a day
• I do about 10% weekly water change. Sometimes its 20% every two weeks.

 

[WickedReefs]

• Nitrates are 0
• No CUC
• 2 Clown fish, 3 frags of zoas and 2 sets of mushrooms
• 12 gallon fluval evo is the tank
• Ai prime 16 HD light with 12 hours schedule. Red and green spectrum is from 5pm to 10pm 1 hour ramp up and down on either side. White light is the same.
• feeding is like one small pinch of pellets. Once a day
• I do about 10% weekly water change. Sometimes its 20% every two weeks.

Cut the light schedule down to maybe 8 hours. Get a CUC. You probably have nitrates, the gha is just consuming it.

 

[shiv]

which CUC do you suggest?