Got a little algae problem...

[seanoman]

thanks for the replies...

niloc...unfortunately the regal is showing no interest in the algae. I will check the water tomorrow again, we use RO water and all of the cartridges and ro membrane were replaced when we started the tank. We are feeding a few things, we are mostly feeding frozen mysis, one cube a day and also some formula 2 flake. As for skimming, we are probably pulling out between 1-2 cups a day. We are doing weekly/week and a half water changes as well.
I will look up that other type of algae as well. I hope we will be able to get rid of it.

As for the lawnmower blenny...we're not sure if we want to go that route yet.

[niloc16]

i would suggest finding the problem before throwing livestock at it like you said.

[seanoman]

I think I will be putting a phosphate reactor on right away here and see if like you said, that there are phosphates but they are just getting used up right away by the nuissance algae.

[seanoman]

So after doing a little bit of research, the algae that is growing on the rocks is in fact Sargassum hystrix and not dicotoya as Colin had suggested. It is a type of kelp...anyone ever had it? If yes, how do you get rid of it? We keep pruning it back but can't seem to completely remove it.