So I have been battling green turf algae for a few months in my Waterbox 220.6. I neglected maintenance for awhile last year and ended up with nutrient spikes. That has been more controlled lately, but I obviously know that my nitrate and phosphate levels aren't true numbers due to the turf algae up taking the nutrients. I have since increased my CUC including adding two tuxedo urchins. Manuel removal is difficult for me to do efficiently, I cannot take the rocks out of my tank and it is hard to get most patches in the tank.
I feel like it has gotten too far out of control for my CUC to really get a grasp on this. Do you guys think I am at the point to where I should use fluconazole? I have heard of great success on these forums and other Facebook groups like BRS.
Don’t despair - you will get through this. We have a 365 gallon tank that we setup with 285 pounds of live rock and went through a really bad ugly phase - turf algae everywhere. Both the sandbed and rocks were covered in it. We ordered ten tuxedo urchins from Algae barn and picked-up a couple of Diamond gobies. Our ten small tuxedo urchins almost doubled in size as they mowed down the turf algae and our two gobies literally started two rip large chucks of the stuff off the sandbed. It was the craziest sight to watch and I would have never believed it, if I hadn’t seen it for myself. Fast forward two months and our rock is completely void of any algae and zero growth on our sand. These creatures are rock stars in our tank! Turning down your lights some might help somewhat.