Practical nutrient export for a 60 gallon reef?

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Hello
I still cant get my cyano to stop. I have high skimming, with medium to light brown color skimmate << if not then I rarely need to empty the skimmer. Since I have it to that level of skimming I do have less algae and cyano than before when I was skimming as much. I also have approx 2 gallon MAX refuge (12x8x7" of water volume) in the trigger sump. CHaeto grows very well with two tunze strip refuge lights.
I have a number of Mex turbos, some Astreas, and nerrites. Mithras for bubble algae (which infested my tank a while ago). another crab for the bubble but Iforget the ame. At least I dont have any caulerpa .
*What do you (with a tank similar size of mine) use if you have algae totally under control, and especially if you are not using a lot of snails , hermits, etc.
I'm thinking I'll need a hang on algae filter, (another refuge) or somehow fit a cheat reactor in my tinny space avail sump. I cant have an external reactor for fear of it leaking.

TIA!
 

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What are your nutrient parameters?

How old is the tank?

How bad is the cyano? A picture would be nice
 
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What are your nutrient parameters?

How old is the tank?

How bad is the cyano? A picture would be nice
It's been set up 3 years. All the rock from it came from my reef tank set up in 2017, which I downsized to this one. I had less of a problem with algae in that previous one (it was 120 g, with an approx 4 gallon 'fuse).
stats:
pH8
phosphate .04 ppm
nitrate (too low possibly) at 0.5-1 ppm
Alk 7
Ca 460
temp 78-79
Cyano is a light medium film that covers most everything every 2-3 days.
Pics: first is tank after about a week of no cleaning cyano off.
2nd pic is closer pic of rock higher up in tank (same level of cyano on it as any other rock incl down below -- Though I just realized there is almost none on tank floor (bare bottom, but covered with cancerous algae).
3rd pic is that same rock after brushing off the cyano (so you can see what the cyano is like in comparison to no cyano)
The low nitrate I think isn't a great thing. I feed medium (I guess) . 2 x a day. once a day a pinch of prime reef flakes. once either some cut up small clam (maybe 1/4 of a SMALL clam). Or a small 1/3" square of frozen roggers reef.

I have a pair of percs, small puffer, flame back angel, aipt eating file, and Hel.firefish.
Medium torch coral, medium tri clam, small Ritteri, some ricordia.

Im finally finished I think after a year and half getting out the dust and saw dust , residue, that got in my tank from my kitchen being renovated. Most of my corals died over the months after, even the Ricos mostly died... The corals remaining rebounded and are growing, things seem to have recovered since then.. after many many many large water changes. I thought I should mention that, though I dont think it's any longer contributing to my current cyano.

Thanks!
 

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