Battling turf algae

[Joeganja]

Alright guys so I’ve been dealing with turf algae for about 3 months now. The tank is about 5 months old and the only thing I could think that could be causing this would be the excessive amounts of potassium I’ve been using from the seachem vibrant sea salt. I feed once a day, 8 hour light period, high flow, weekly water changes, all that stuff. I have 20 turbo snails, 20 coralline margarita, 20 Black magarita, and 15 astrea snails.

 

[sfin52]

What’s your lighting period.

 

[Joeganja]

What’s your lighting period.

8 hours with 1 hour ramp time. On 35% intensity.

 

[Dan I]

I've been having problems with this as well. Going to cut down my lighting and install a ATS. Hopefully, this helps out.

 

[sfin52]

I’ve heard cutting hour of lighting will help. I believe I heard that from @saltyfilmfolks

 

[JTreef]

I’m using Vibrant with good results. I’m sure I need to up my maintenance on the tank to really make a long lasting difference. But I used Vibrant to help me out. After 1 dose the algae started to brown and die in places. 2nd week 2nd dose same thing.

 

[a119]

Using rodi water ?

 

[Monti34]

I suggest a marine iguana.

 

[Joeganja]

I got rid of it finally. Picked up giant turbo snails from work and they did the trick along with an urchin from ORA