Brown algae

[Fish drive me crazy]

What is the best way to get rid of this brown algae that always grows on my sand I heard vodka dosing works well for this any advice I have a 58 gallon oceanic with a 20 gallon sump and reef octopus nwb110 skimmer any advice would be great thanks

 

[mike007]

What are your test results, nitrates , phosphates etc.? most all algae issues are caused by excess nutrients whether that's from overfeeding or phosphates. What lighting are you using and how old are the bulbs?

 

[Fish drive me crazy]

Nitrates always seem to stay around 5 or 10 ppm mg/l I need to get new phosphate test kit tomorrow to test my phosphates but I have maxspect 160w leds 16k over my tank run around 8 hours and I only feed my fish as much as they will eat in two minutes

 

[mike007]

Are you using ro water?

 

[Fish drive me crazy]

Yes I am using ro

 

[Reefing Madness]

Whats the flow in the tank?

 

[Fish drive me crazy]

2400gph about have 1 mp10 on constant and two other smaller pumps for dead zones any more flow an it's a sand storm

 

[Reefing Madness]

Thats just crazy. How long has the tank been set up?
Don't Vodka dose, it doesn't help brown algae.

 

[Fish drive me crazy]

I had broken my old 29 down and set this one up about a month

 

[Fish drive me crazy]

If vodka dosing doesn't help what does I'm newer to the hobby so any advice would be great

 

[Reefing Madness]

Now it all falls in line. I thought this was a new tank. If you just leave the stuff alone for a bit, it will eat the silicates out of your tank, then it will be gone.

 

[Fish drive me crazy]

O okay cool thanks