Hello, everyone. Been months dealing with this algae problem. I seem to not be able to detect the root of this problem. Im trying to find the source of my algae problem. When the lights are on kinda hides the fact that the rocks are mainly green. I feel its because of my 2 ai primes, but I've constantly lowered the percentages removing red/green. Even for awhile had it set for very few hours a day on to even have no lights on at all for awhile. Than I stopped because worried my corals were starting to be effected. Ive been looking for some kind of check list online that can somehow narrow down the root of this problem.
-I have adjusted my leds constantly too low percentages with no luck
-only have 3 fish in the 40 gallon fusion, pair of clowns and a chalk bass. So it is lightly stocked
-I feed very sparingly with pellets usually only a few pellets drop to the sand to feed some of the critters like the pistol shrimp below.
-increased the clean up crew tremendously adding about 15 trochus snails, apparently good algae grazers.
-have GFO running in a reactor as well as a pouch of phosban remover from seachem
-I perform weekly 5 gallon water changes with RO/DI Water as well as top off with RO/DI water
-Phosphates are at a very good level last I checked, and as usual ammonia, nitrates and nitrites all in check.
-rocks aren't leaching phosphates as they are dry rocks from bulk reef supply
-someone suggested maybe that dark green algae is possible Coraline algae but I doubt it
Any ideas what could be the problem? I keep thinking its my lights, but after asking bulk reef supply on youtube, they said that the lights most likely is the last thing that would cause that much algae growth. Has to be something else feeding the algae.
Any help greatly appreciated!
-I have adjusted my leds constantly too low percentages with no luck
-only have 3 fish in the 40 gallon fusion, pair of clowns and a chalk bass. So it is lightly stocked
-I feed very sparingly with pellets usually only a few pellets drop to the sand to feed some of the critters like the pistol shrimp below.
-increased the clean up crew tremendously adding about 15 trochus snails, apparently good algae grazers.
-have GFO running in a reactor as well as a pouch of phosban remover from seachem
-I perform weekly 5 gallon water changes with RO/DI Water as well as top off with RO/DI water
-Phosphates are at a very good level last I checked, and as usual ammonia, nitrates and nitrites all in check.
-rocks aren't leaching phosphates as they are dry rocks from bulk reef supply
-someone suggested maybe that dark green algae is possible Coraline algae but I doubt it
Any ideas what could be the problem? I keep thinking its my lights, but after asking bulk reef supply on youtube, they said that the lights most likely is the last thing that would cause that much algae growth. Has to be something else feeding the algae.
Any help greatly appreciated!