Green hair algae starting

[Slickzxz9]

150 G tank was started on 6 Aug (ammonia and Turbo Start), fish added once ammonia was zero for over a week (17 Aug). Added 2 clowns, purple dottyback, sixline wrasse and diamondback goby. Ammonia still zero and got brown algae about 3 weeks ago. Added 3 Astrea snails to CuC on Friday. Noticed green hair algae starting in about 7-8 spots. Before it becomes a bloom....is the current stock prepared to handle green algae? Close to cycle end? Add a Tang? I also have pods ready to go in refugium and want to add chaeto. Doing 2nd water change today (30 Gal). Looking for advice on what to do next. Thanks!

 

[Rick's Reviews]

For me in a 45g I just scrubbed away with a toothbrush every weekend, my cuc wierdly but great help only ate right side of my aquascape/rocks so left side was more hairy.
Cuc can only do so so much in grazing algae but once it reaches a point of length I believe they do not touch it, remove it if you can buy scrubbing with toothbrush or recently I found this (picture)

 

[Slickzxz9]

For me in a 45g I just scrubbed away with a toothbrush every weekend, my cuc wierdly but great help only ate right side of my aquascape/rocks so left side was more hairy.
Cuc can only do so so much in grazing algae but once it reaches a point of length I believe they do not touch it, remove it if you can buy scrubbing with toothbrush or recently I found this (picture)

Thanks!

 

[ZoWhat]

150 G tank was started on 6 Aug (ammonia and Turbo Start), fish added once ammonia was zero for over a week (17 Aug). Added 2 clowns, purple dottyback, sixline wrasse and diamondback goby. Ammonia still zero and got brown algae about 3 weeks ago. Added 3 Astrea snails to CuC on Friday. Noticed green hair algae starting in about 7-8 spots. Before it becomes a bloom....is the current stock prepared to handle green algae? Close to cycle end? Add a Tang? I also have pods ready to go in refugium and want to add chaeto. Doing 2nd water change today (30 Gal). Looking for advice on what to do next. Thanks!

You will continue to get plagued until you research and learn how to manage your Phosphates

 

[Lavey29]

What you should have done was leave your lights off the first 4 months to allow your tank to develop biodiversity and microfauna. Then the ugly stages you will experience the first year will be much more manageable.

 

[Slickzxz9]

What you should have done was leave your lights off the first 4 months to allow your tank to develop biodiversity and microfauna. Then the ugly stages you will experience the first year will be much more manageable.

I read that before, and also limited lighting with limited power would be acceptable also. Lights are on very low power for about 6 hours with a slow ramp up and ramp down. Thanks.