Turf algae issue

IL Reefer · Jun 10, 2022

Been dealing with a solid case of green turf algae and have have not used any chemicals and have it slowly dying off. All i did was cut lights to 8 hr days on all blue with 15 % cool white as well as carbon and phosphate remover and after a week its turning white and dying off. Gonna do a second 30 gallon water change for the second time since its dying off to keep nutrients low. Urchin and emerald crabs are eating it but they only controlled it a little bit. Full sps dominant tank so i didnt wanna use chemicals and it seems to be working. Anyone else have luck with doing it like this. Patience and some manual removal is key.

blaxsun · Jun 10, 2022

Sounds like it's working, so your best bet is stay the course.

SlugSnorter · Jun 10, 2022

IL Reefer said:
Been dealing with a solid case of green turf algae and have have not used any chemicals and have it slowly dying off. All i did was cut lights to 8 hr days on all blue with 15 % cool white as well as carbon and phosphate remover and after a week its turning white and dying off. Gonna do a second 30 gallon water change for the second time since its dying off to keep nutrients low. Urchin and emerald crabs are eating it but they only controlled it a little bit. Full sps dominant tank so i didnt wanna use chemicals and it seems to be working. Anyone else have luck with doing it like this. Patience and some manual removal is key.

Your well on track! you can add a few chitons if you want too.