Oh boy,been awhile. Guess I set my tank up right cause I've seriously neglected it the last couple of months and mornings died. Check that - lost some snails and crabs.
For the first four months I was doing weekly water changes, daily testing, all that. The last two months - not so much. Did one change about a month ago.
Today I cleaned the protein skimmer, got the salinity right (was a bit high) and scraped the sides. Have a batch of water aging. Corals look good - zoas, candy canes, torch and some ricordia. Even a little piece of Monti cap. Some cloves and other polyps. All alive - the rate of growth has been slow.
So what happened? I upgraded my lights and got a couple pieces with some algae on em, and the combo seemed to blow up a bit, I've got this dark green hairy algae that grows everywhere there's good water flow, and these little half in long bright green stalks that seem to grow as fast as I can pick em.
Other than paying attention to my tank like I should - how can I combat the algae?
Thanks - Mark