Algae taking over! HELP !!!

[aquakj]

Hey guys so about 2 week ago ALGAE started to thrive in my tank, growing all over the rocks and some of the corals, I test my water regularly but haven’t been testing lately been busy, I don’t have a clean up crew either other than 2-3 naserius snails, so just wanted to reach out and see how I should tackle this issue, also I only feed once a day and my light schedule is from 4pm - 11pm I have the kessils 180 at 50% on each setting if that info helps, I’ll post some pics later today of what the tank is looking like , not liking it one bit as the alage is over growing on my corals too! Any help advice tips would do ,especially on which type of clean up crew for the long run, not a fan of hermits just cuz they mess around too much lol but any snails, starfish or any other CUC you guys can think of that helps that’ll work! Also I am aware that the CUC is not going to get rid of this issues and it’s the water chemistry and tank maintenance but I need help since I haven’t had no CUC in a long time . Thanks reefers !

 

[brandon429]

how many gallons is this tank

 

[aquakj]

how many gallons is this tank

75 gallons in the display , 30 gal sump about 90 gals I would say all together

 

[dakoop]

Are you overfeeding?

 

[brandon429]

the reason I asked is because nothing can beat a rip clean, taking apart the tank and rinsing out the waste + surgically removing all the algae at once then putting back together an uninvaded tank.

thats a lot of work in a 75 gallon tank though, it's easier in nanos. what you have to watch out for in 75 gallon tanks is the temptation to dose anything or change anything that rots and kills that invasion in place and leaves it in the tank. that's the benefit of a rip clean: nothing is in the tank left to degrade because we took it apart and rinsed it out correctly and arrested the invasion in its tracks.

but in a large tank where access is usually precluded they tend to dose things that do get a kill

and then the rotting mass turns into dinos or other maladies in succession over and over. it's really really hard to control outbreaks indirectly.

the first step, sight unseen, is to lower the light levels. any corals present can function on less light power and that's step 1 before any testing that you'd change in an algae situation.

 

[Lavey29]

We need clear tank pics under white light and full tank parameters. Your tank is big enough for a nice diverse cleaner crew but manual removal is the key part.

 

[aquakj]

 

[aquakj]

 

[Lavey29]

So you have GHA on your rocks and possibly early dinos on your sand. Get your hands wet with daily manual removal.

What are your complete parameters ans age of the tank?

 

[Reefer Matt Verified Media Partner]

I would scrub the algae off and siphon out. Then get about 70 astrea snails and maybe a couple pincushion urchins. Even with “perfect” parameters you can get algae growing without a cuc. I literally just made a video on this. Lol.