Algae in new SPS tank

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Anyone have any idea how to get rid of this algae? It has consumed most of my rock work and back of my 225. Its pretty unsightly and i dont want it to start to effect SPS growth and coraline algae growth. Here are a couple pics.

So far i have started running GFO and a pellet reactor has been up and running from the start of my tank 4 months ago. I am not sure if this is just part of normal tank maturity or not. When i test for phosphates I get zero, mostly likely because the algae that is present is already consuming the phosphates. I started off pretty slow with the GFO for the fact that i know it can cause ALK swings and burn tips of SPS. Besides these two things any other ideas?
 

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Its pretty normal for a new tank to get some hair algae, get some turbo snails and keep doing what your doing.
 
Buy some clean up crew. Its cheaper if you browse in ebay. No one bids for it so you can get the lowest possible price.
 

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