Algea bloom

[Havoks]

My tank is around 2 years old, water parameters always good. It’s a Fusion 20 with a ghost skimmer and a fluval 306 as a meadia reactor with matrix, carbon and purigen. I run 2 hd primes, it’s a mixed reef. Recently I had a lot of algea and am thinking it’s due to my strong lighting, my question would be, do I get a better skimmer or just put phosban in my fluval canister filter?

Any insight is greatly appreciated

The pic is after cleaning algea.

 

[ndrwater]

Algae is directly affected by nutrients and lighting. No food for algae, no growth. Same for lighting.
Phosphate and nitrates contribute directly as a food source.
My suggestion would be to up the water change frequency a little bit with RODI as your source water.
And., Fwiw, algae is something we all deal with....

 

[Havoks]

Thanks, i’ll go to weekly water changes