Algea ID and help

[fyrfytr]

So for the longest time I thought I was doing a good job with my tank keeping things in check. Got a little comfortable and thought things were well. Limited knowledge, thought that I had a good crop of coralline growth on my rocks and glass, and then onto my sand bed. Was cleaning emails this morning and saw an email from Reefs2Go that was about cyano and red slime algae eating blue leg hermits. The picture matched what I have in my tank...red slime. What can I use to get rid of it?
36gal bowfront with a porcupine puffer (I know tank size, but he is happy and we are too). When we had him in QT he was very aggressive towards the turbo snails that we put in with him so we have kept a CUC out of his tank figuring they would just end up being food. I am open to all options here, within reason.

 

[Tahoe61]

Yes it's cyano, I imaging trying to keep a puffer well feed and preseve the water quality in such a small tank is taking it's toll. Get some base line nitrate and phosphate levels. Perhaps try to out compete the cyano with macro algae. You can try increasing flow if the puffer will tolerate it. Sounds like you know the answer already though, bigger tank, bigger volume of water.

 

[fyrfytr]

I'd love bigger tank...sadly the wife says no (for now). We did cheato when we first set up the tank, but it never grew and we still had small algae growth....and the cheato was a pain and all over the tank.