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Okay thanks I will do. I will also get microbracter cleanjust pour in a gallon of bleach
(this is a joke... please don't actually do this).
i am pretty new to this all and went through the same thing as you for a bit.
my issue is that i tend to dive in head first into these things and I don't have patience which is partially an issue, especially in this hobby.
a few things:
1. too many fish. I have a 15g with a pair of clowns and a CUC (2 nassarius, 1 turbin, 1 astrea, 6 blue legged hermits (originally had 2 but when i got 'empty' shells from my LFS for them a handful had more in them.. oh well, getting a 90g in a few weeks))
2. How much do you feed? I feed pellets to my clowns and I really only put in 1/2 at a time and make sure that they get eaten. When they seem full (they let the food sink by them) Ill take one pellet and crush it to let the CUC get some. I do this 2x a day
3. corals definitely help imo. My tank is about 3mo old and I have 14 different coral frags in there (like I said.. I dive in head first which is sometimes an issue) Half zoas, a massive 5 polyp frogspawn my LFS had marked for $40 by accident but honored it, hammer, 2 clove polyps, and GSP. I test my levels and do my maintance when applicable on Sundays and I can notice week over week the phos and calcium and magnesium dropping (meaning my corals are absorbing nutrients) and I can see them growing
4. get some pods too. got mine on algae barn and was pretty happy... a good micro fauna population can also help and IMO are a great part of the CUC (but don't rely on just them to address the problem)
5. Make sure no direct sunlight really. I have to keep the blinds in my room shut during the day now and it helps
6. most importantly.... Take it slow. your algae wont disappear overnight (unless you go the bleach route which will kill virtually everything in the tank and is a joke) and it took me about a month to go from what you have to pretty spotless.