Ugly phase help

[grr410]

Hey everyone. My tank has been up and running now for about 3 months and it seems as though I am starting the ugly phase. My glass is getting ridiculously dirty every day and I have attached a pic of the algae forming.

my phosphates are .33 according to my Hanna checker and Nitrates are reading 0.
Fish and corals look and are acting very healthy.

Any help on what to do would be great.

 

[Sebastiancrab]

Lower your phosphates; I use Poly Filter but there are other methods including water changes. If you turn off your red and green lights, it will cut down on the algae. Good luck!

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[dstockwell]

Raise your nitrate, need more than zero.

 

[Garf]

Raise your nitrate, need more than zero.

Although I never used to have problems at undetectable (not necessarily zero) nitrate, it seems now advisable to raise nitrates.

Hey everyone. My tank has been up and running now for about 3 months and it seems as though I am starting the ugly phase. My glass is getting ridiculously dirty every day and I have attached a pic of the algae forming.

my phosphates are .33 according to my Hanna checker and Nitrates are reading 0.
Fish and corals look and are acting very healthy.

Any help on what to do would be great.

the problem with elevated phosphate is overblown in my experience.

Edit - what looks dirty? Looks good to normal from the pic.

 

[vtecintegra]

First 12 months are rocky. I'd run some gfo and dose nitrate until I got to .1 and 5. Goal being to keep Dinos away.

 

[dstockwell]

the problem with elevated phosphate is overblown in my experience.

This is good to know.

 

[Garf]

This is good to know.

Look at my build thread but for a full blown mature reef;

 

[dstockwell]

Very informative video

 

[grr410]

Thanks everyone for your feedback. I am working on raising my nitrate levels and hopefully decreasing my phosphate levels.