algae problem

I have a small mixed reef system that has an ongoing algae issue. I am tiring of the continuous maintenance time that is required to simply keep the algae at bay...spindle weed (inherited through original tank purchase), some bryopsis and now hair algae is starting to become unmanageable. 24g...

Hey Everyone - I'm dealing with an algae bloom during my cycling. I switched to RO/DI water this past weekend. I'm at Day 30 and my numbers have spiked and stabling off at: Amm 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 2ppm Ph 8.0 Phos 0.25 Alk 110 Cal 400 Iron 0 Mg 1440 Salinity is 1.025 at 80oF I am running GFO...

Hi guys: Everything has been going fantastic with our tank except due to a programming mistake with the lightening at the outset we got off to a bad start with a lot of algae. I reduced the lights to 9 hours per day as soon as I realized the programming error and we change the water weekly and...