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Rscomia

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I have a brown stringy algae that seems to attach to about everything in my reef tank that I have not been able to beat yet Does anybody have any idea what it might be and how to get rid of it It blows off easy with a turkey baster I have tried everything I can think of including adding another wave maker to increase flow I went and bought a reef octopus skimmer and it is skimming wet I also bought a ro unit and am only using ro water and the most helpful thing I did is three days without lights but it did not get rid of it totally and is back like before
 
I wouldnt do every four days. I fed my fish every other day and they got thin so every day now. Every four seems kinda overkill. JMHO
 
I wouldnt do every four days. I fed my fish every other day and they got thin so every day now. Every four seems kinda overkill. JMHO
Ive been keeping a eye on them I am making sure they are staying healthy I am just trying to find what is fueling this algae
 
Yes I do test for phosphates i just checked them and they are in between 0 and .25 ppm I leave my lights on from 11 30 am to 6 pm I just moved them up from the tank yesterday a couple inches
 
Yeah im stumped to It kinda reminds me of cyano but Ive always thought it grew in a mat form and I wouldnt think it would be diatoms because the tank has been up almost 7 months
 
Had same issue, sounds like GHA (green hair algae). Do u have a cuc? Get a couple emerald crabs and snails (reefcleaners.org). Wait a bit till ur trates go down, it'll start to go away. Look at my profile pics, u will see it. The key is getting those trates down. U have a sump?
 
Get some chelerpa, if u don't already have some. (know I spelled that wrong) u need more of a cuc. GHA will do that, trust me. I had it bad!!! Grab some emerald crabs, they help.
 
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