Need some help please

[Sallycarle]

So I have this algae not sure if it's Dinos or a type of algae. I try to blow it off with a turkey baster but it does not blow off it is definitely stuck to the rock. My tank is a 65 gallon red sea max 250-c all in one and is six months old with live rock and a couple pieces of dry rock. I had a 180 gallon about 10 years ago and never came across this issue. I have two clownfish, 1 emerald crab, 3 red mithrax crabs (I know to many for my size tank) and two maybe three porcelain crabs that came on my live rock, hermit crabs (not sure how many), snails of different assortments, some coral that came on the liverock and a few cheap zoas I recently added. My PH is 8, nitrates are .2 and phosphate is zero so I'm not sure if they are low cause of algae or low for some other reason. I'm just not sure where to start. I don't want to start the wrong treatment and make things worse. any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Looks like hair algae that has died off..could be.something else.
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[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Anything eating it?
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[Sallycarle]

Anything eating it?
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The emerald crabs and porcelain crabs snack on it but don't go crazy eating it

 

[Sallycarle]

A couple months ago I did have long looking algae all over the back glass of the tank and on some rocks. I used reef flux and that went away but was left with this now.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Ya. Up ur cuc. Toothbrush with turkey baster.to suck up. Do a small wc after ect.
Itll.clear.
Run some.carbon. charcoal. Chemi pure..elite.or.not.

 

[Sallycarle]

So I'm assuming my nitrates and phosphates are low and 0 because of the algae consuming it. Who knows what they actually would be without the algae growth. What do I need to do to get my nutrients back where they should be to stop the algae growth cause obviously something is wrong? I just dont know where to start besides pulling the algae out.

 

[Sallycarle]

I do have charcoal in the back sump.

 

[Cell]

Pulling the algae out is exactly where you want to start. I'd pull affected rocks out one by one and give them a good H202 scrub. Once everything is clean, look at cutting white light, reducing feeding, and/or increasing water changes. GFO works amazing, but don't overdue it, it's very fast acting.

 

[Sallycarle]

Pulling the algae out is exactly where you want to start. I'd pull affected rocks out one by one and give them a good H202 scrub. Once everything is clean, look at cutting white light, reducing feeding, and/or increasing water changes. GFO works amazing, but don't overdue it, it's very fast acting.

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