lots of cynobacteria
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From the looks of your tank you have a nutrient problem. That is normally caused by overfeeding. You need to vacumn sandbed and get what you can out. Make sure you have good flow and skimmer is working correctly. Have you tested water for phosphates and nitrates?
beaslbob
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A refugium with marco algaes would help as would an algae turf scrubber.
In any event I would kill the lights and stop all feeding until that cleared up.
Then resume with less feeding and lighting and adjust until the uglies stay away but the desirables (like corals and corraline) thrive.
Don't know if this helps but this proble is very common.
my .02
In any event I would kill the lights and stop all feeding until that cleared up.
Then resume with less feeding and lighting and adjust until the uglies stay away but the desirables (like corals and corraline) thrive.
Don't know if this helps but this proble is very common.
my .02
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LOVETHISHOBBY
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Water changes will also help reduce phosphates.
Algae problems are usually caused by aquarium water with excess nutrients like phosphate, nitrates etc. You can try and siphon out what you can to remove the algae in the short term. In the long term you may have to examine how you care for your tank. There are some commercial dry foods also contain excess nutrients and other undesirable things like nitrates, phosphates etc so I strain/rinse my fresh/frozen foods before feeding my tank. You may want to consider feeding your fish less often. If you have bio balls/media, check if they are dirty or get rid of them if you have enough live rock. Also, changing your photo period, light bulbs, adding more flow, using RO/DI water with a good salt. If your phosphates are high you can add a phosphate remover like Tropic Marin Elimi-Phos also, increasing flow in your tank may help too.
