Black alage

[Joshua89111]

Tank has been running for 7 months has been good but recently had a breakout of this alage params are as follows
Ph7:8 ik i need to raise to 8.0
Nitrate:4.0
Nitrite0
Ammonia0
Phosphate:0-.10 hard to see but low
Calcium:440
Kh:8/143.2

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I don't see any movement in your video, my first suggestion would be to get a pair of powerheads in the tank and get water movement, algae loves low flow.

What type of filtration are you running?

 

[Joshua89111]

Its a red sea reefer 170 has a sump and a powerhead

 

[BristleWormHater]

Try to get some white light pics please!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I only saw 2 or 3 snails in the video, I would get a bunch of turbo snails, they love hair algae. Increase the flow. Be careful with feeding, uneaten food is the main fuel for algae, feed only as much as they can eat in about 10-20 seconds. Run some activated carbon to absorb dissolved doc's, run the skimmer wet, do more water changes, brush the rocks during water changes. Use rodi water only.

 

[Joshua89111]

Ok thanks for the advice just checked the skimmer its broke lol any recommendations its a 40 gal system