Red hairy Algae

[ArifTurzo]

I am seeing too much red hairy Algae on my crushed coral bed and on the glass. After I switch to gyre 1k flow pump I am seeing those. I do weekly 8 gallon water change for my 32g biocube. Nitrate numbers are low. Please advise.
Here’s is my setup:
Tank Size: 32g
Coralife protein skimmer in the 1st chamber
Media and fuge basket in the 2nd chamber
1st basket has poly filter, chemi pure elite and marine cube
Fuge basket has chaeteo algae with lights on the back
Third chamber has a heater, coralife uv light with sicce 1.5 return pump
LED: Steve’s LED
Power head: gyre 1k and koralia nano 425gph

 

[cloak]

Can you take another picture without the blues on? From that picture it just looks like Cyanobacteria to me.

 

[mcarroll]

I am seeing too much red hairy Algae on my crushed coral bed and on the glass. After I switch to gyre 1k flow pump I am seeing those. I do weekly 8 gallon water change for my 32g biocube. Nitrate numbers are low. Please advise.
Here’s is my setup:
Tank Size: 32g
Coralife protein skimmer in the 1st chamber
Media and fuge basket in the 2nd chamber
1st basket has poly filter, chemi pure elite and marine cube
Fuge basket has chaeteo algae with lights on the back
Third chamber has a heater, coralife uv light with sicce 1.5 return pump
LED: Steve’s LED
Power head: gyre 1k and koralia nano 425gph

Sounds like a pretty typical starved tank, but let us know what your PO4 and NO3 test results are like.

Remove the poly filter, chemi pure, marine cube, chaeto and anything else you're doing "extra" versus nutrients. Even stop water changes unless they're needed for some other reason...and consider dosing the new waterchange water with nitrates and phosphates so your levels aren't crashing with every water change.

Keep the skimmer. That's about it.

Don't do anything else against nutrients until the tank has matured for a few years.

Instead focus on keeping nutrients balanced and positive. Help your CUC keep up with algae growth and expand their numbers as needed.