Lights turning tank glass greenish-brown.

[Sfplaya1]

I'm tired of having to clean my lights every other day. I believe either I have my lights on too long or the intensity is too high. I've been trying to edit it so that it could start at 6 pm and end at about 1 am or so but i suck at using this apex controller thing.

 

[Sfplaya1]

Tank is also sadly by 2 windows...

 

[Water Dog]

Getting blasted by natural sunlight is definitely not helping. What are your nutrient levels?

 

[Sfplaya1]

Getting blasted by natural sunlight is definitely not helping. What are your nutrient levels?

I have taped the blinds to minimize the sunlight.
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:0
Phosphate:0
Salinity:1.026
Temp:79.8
PH:8.09

I dont have a kit to measure alk or calc atm I finished and haven't gone to the lfs in a month or so.

 

[Water Dog]

FWIW, I clean the greenish algae haze off my glass every 2-3 days. To me, it’s just a part of my routine reefing duties.

 

[Water Dog]

Also, look at reducing your light cycle. As it stands, you’re going from 9am to 11pm... that’s 14 hours! If it were me, I’d do an 8 hour full intensity schedule with an hour ramp up before and an hour ramp down after for a total of 10 hours.

 

[Sfplaya1]

Also, look at reducing your light cycle. As it stands, you’re going from 9am to 11pm... that’s 14 hours! If it were me, I’d do an 8 hour full intensity schedule with an hour ramp up before and an hour ramp down after for a total of 10 hours.

I suck at using this thing to make a schedule. I was using a premade scheme.