help!!major algae problem

[chikay10]

Pls help!!what to do
Ammo 0
Trites 0
Trates 20ppm
Phos .25

 

[jeffaquarius]

You need to physically remove them first by vacuuming while brushing. Then you would have to reduce phosphate and do something with your lighting. If you are running a 10000k or white, i would cut it down or turn it off totally while getting rid of hair algae. Just use blue or actinic for now no more than 8 hrs.

 

[Bectan01]

High trates too. Check the source, too much food too often? Not enough nutrient export? How. Much are you feeding and how often?

 

[boosted_msp]

Also you can build a small cheap and effective algae scrubber with parts you probably already have lying around. It will help with nutrient export also.

 

[melosu58]

FantasyReef Databases-Viewing item "10 Step Plan for Nuisance Algae Control"

 

[chikay10]

What is nutrient export??

 

[Bectan01]

Water changes, how much and how often?

 

[woody390]

Nutrient export is your method of taking nutrients such as nitrate out of the water

 

[Terryc]

I had the same problem with my tank. I put In a phosphate reactor with phosban and in 1 week mine was gone.

 

[jeffaquarius]

What is nutrient export??

waste product removal