Help! To much algae growing

[windcoast reefs]

Hey everyone,
For the past few weeks I have been battling a algae problem. The only new thing I have added to the system in some feather macro algae. It is growing everywhere and now some of my fish are starting to not look so good.
Any suggestions?

[Lampshade]

Water changes are key, there is excess nutrients in your water you need to remove. Also looks like there is a lot on the sandbed, look into possibly getting some sand sifters, and see about adjusting some powerheads to get more flow through the tank. Possibly overfeeding aswell, even if the fish eat all the food you give them right away, they still crap it out in the end making nitrates. I've been shocked how little i actually need to feed my fish, i went on holidays recently for a week and came back to find that my fishfeeder didn't work the whole time i was gone.... all the fish where happy.

best of luck, i just got over a big hair algae outbreak and it was a PITA.

[scherzo]

How old is the tank? How much flow do you have in it?

Water changes will really help, removing the hair algae manually and then increasing flow.

[don.ald]

is that green algae on the sandbed maybe cyno. ??

[syncro]

I found this info on feeding fish... maybe it will help:

- 5% of body weight for adults, %10 for juviniles

http://www.reefland.com/forum/marine...nutrition.html

[spit.fire]

phosphate removers

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by scherzo

How old is the tank? How much flow do you have in it?

Water changes will really help, removing the hair algae manually and then increasing flow.

I just upgraded around 2 months ago and haven't had any problems up to this point. I am running around 600 gph through the sump and I have 2 koralia at 1050 gph.

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by Lampshade

Water changes are key, there is excess nutrients in your water you need to remove. Also looks like there is a lot on the sandbed, look into possibly getting some sand sifters, and see about adjusting some powerheads to get more flow through the tank. Possibly overfeeding aswell, even if the fish eat all the food you give them right away, they still crap it out in the end making nitrates. I've been shocked how little i actually need to feed my fish, i went on holidays recently for a week and came back to find that my fishfeeder didn't work the whole time i was gone.... all the fish where happy.

best of luck, i just got over a big hair algae outbreak and it was a PITA.

Okay, I will try doing a water change and not feeding as much. What kind of sand sifters do you recommend? I have a bunch on nassarius snails and a tiger brittle star right now.

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by spit.fire

phosphate removers

I currently run bio pellets and carbon in reactors.

[lastlight]

Diamond watchman goby totally turned my tank around. He handles all food that gets under my rocks. i don't even really have a cleanup crew. he's a one-fish show!