green algae and monti cap color loss

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I have been getting a lot of algae, don't know what type.. also do not know why my monti frags are losing color.
reefer 170 with reefled90 at 55 watts currently at 15kelvin
5 gallon water change every week
water quality
using brs 5 stage rodi with redsea blue bucket at 1.026
alk 9.2 with hanna dose all 7 times per day
cal 430
mag 1320
nitrate is undetectable
PO4 is reading 0 with hanna
salt currently 34.3
ph swing 24 hrs is 8.26-8.39 currently is at 8.25
temp is 77.2 degrees
Any thoughts to why I'm getting this algae I can't get rid of or the color loss(bleaching)?
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feed missis, reef frenzy and reef chili every other day
 
Your getting the algae due to lighting and elevated phosphates and nitrates in your water. If all of your other corals are doing well, try moving your Montipora to a different location within your tank and play around with the water flow and lighting intensity.
 
Your getting the algae due to lighting and elevated phosphates and nitrates in your water. If all of your other corals are doing well, try moving your Montipora to a different location within your tank and play around with the water flow and lighting intensity.

Did you read his post saying 0 nitrate & phosphate?
 
Decrease white and increase blue, moderate to semi strong water flow and bring salt up to 35.5pt
Vibrant liquid will help reduce some of that algae as would a lawnmower blenny and turbo snails
 
You are starving the corals. Increase phos to 0.05 and nitrate to 5-10. Manually remove algae. Decrease whites and increase blues. What do you have for a cuc?
 

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