Cibo

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Howell
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What the best thing to do for a algae bloom setting up a new tank and my glass is covered with green about every 12 hrs, all i have in the tank is some frags on egg crate some snails at this rate i would need 1000 snails to controle the algae do i just ride it out and it will correct it self or do i nee to do somthing fast... or just enjoy the green glass!
 

reefman

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Forest Hills
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heres just a few for starters:
decrease lighting period
get more snails
increase ur skimming
hook up a phosban reactor
change water more often
make sure u use ro/di water check with tds at 0-1 ppm
increase water flow n avoid dead spots
slow drip kalk
add macro algea in refug with lighting
 

fishguttz

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Perfectlly normal, don't add any chemicals. You could add macroalgae to the sump to compete with microalgae.

I hope you didn't use tap water! That could be the cause of the algae's excessive growth .
 

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