New Tank Algae

[Chedi]

I too just recently went through the initial algae blooms as I started my 72g bowfront reef about 3 months ago. The initail hair algae bloom started after about the second week, but left to its own devices, passed by about the 5th week, along with every other type of algael bloom over the first 7 or 8 weeks. Leaving things alone at this stage seems to be the easiest cure- I know its hard to resist trying to do something... The only other thing you may think of doing is getting a clean upcrew of snails to go to work. They do a great job of algae grazing- i have 15 turbos in my 72 and they do great job Remember that your nitrates must be near 0 or the snails will die as they are quite sensitive to any nitrate build up. Good luck!!

Chris