You're probably fine with with doing a 10gallon change to start off. Generally I think the best option would be to do a 10G and clean out and syphon the algae as good as you can and then try and get back onto a nice water change schedule of 5 gallons a week for awhile. After that maybe try and do them once a month so you can stay ahead of it happening again.
The thing is my parameters are good. I have phosphate maintained with GFO at .05-.15 ish, i test once a month and it’s always between there. Noticeable algae for me builds up at .35+
good plan. I’m very busy and water changes tend to go to the wayside a lot, so I found a successful method for holding it off, but I think I held it off too long. I’ll try this out
It happens! How's your clean up crew looking? Just getting back into a good routine with nice CC will help things get back on track. If the corals are looking good still then don't rush anything. Just take your time and try and help guide the tank back to it's glory days!
Clean up crew is good, only problem is something in the tank is killing them, pretty sure it’s the emerald crab, but it could be something else like initial die offs. Not overly worried about it for now, just part of maintaining is replenishing. Algae isn’t getting much better when I add them though. Some corals are suffering right now from issues not related to water changes, but not doing them is surely not helping.
What it’s all about. Just some times, things get pushed to the wayside, but now I need to get back in to things.
Try a turbo snail or an urchin. Those generally are better at eating green hair algae. I find the smaller snails are good at diatoms and film algae but not the best at longer established algaes.
