Combating hair algae and "orange sand"

[Schraufabagel]

I am currently struggling with hair algae and my sand builds up an orange layer a few days after each water change. I usually hold my nitrates between 3-8 and my phosphates between 0.05-0.15. My cleaning crew is made of astreas, nerites, nassarius, dwarf cerith, florida cerith, peppermint shrimp, and a pincushion urchin. Is there any other livestock that would help combat the hair algae and better sift the sand?

I've looked at getting a fighting conch or a serpent sea star.

 

[Spare time]

Could you take pictures of it with white light?

 

[Schraufabagel]

Could you take pictures of it with white light?

Normally it's worse, but I just cleaned off the rock earlier this morning.

 

[christianb]

Following, i'm getting the same 'orange' sand layer each day and I vacuum it, comes back. I have one diamond goby in a 110g tank but he's not doing much for it.

 

[Letmeusemyemail]

Also following. Comes back hours after vacuuming the sand.

 

[hawk82]

Im having this problem also. I started Vibrant last week, second dose went in last night. It cleared all the sand up, but nothing on the hair algae yet. Ive been pulling what I can off the rocks when I do water changes.

 

[_sludgefactory]

The solution to pollution is dilution. I have had some hair algae coming up recently. I did a bunch of water changes, sometimes daily and it's starting to die back. This is also how I beat cyano back in the day.

 

[Zepman323]

my tank was completely cover in gha.. I tried all the natural remedies, Astrea, Turbos , Emerald crabs and sea urchins. After i while of trying that and nothing, i dosed reef flux.. It worked great and had not adverse effects on my reef