Clean or leave?

[ErikVR]

So my 3 month old reefer 200 is starting to develop algae on the rocks and I'm wondering if I should try to get rid of it or leave it.

Under only white light :

 

[RedoubtReef]

Just add snails and clean up crew critters. They will take care of it.

 

[ErikVR]

I can get turbo bruneus snails locally.
How many should I add in a 54 gal system with only a few fish and corals?

 

[RedoubtReef]

If it were me, I'd probably start with a couple dozen snails of different types. If you only have access to one type, try 12 at first and see how that goes.

 

[ErikVR]

Put 4 turbo snails in and they cleaned it right up within a day or 4!
They only had 4 left but turns out that was more than enough.

 

[Paul B]

Algae in there is a good sign. If there was no algae, I would worry.