Algea ID and help controlling

[Juiced_RL]

I have had a small amount of algea for awhile that just looked ike dark green slimy stringy algea. Recently it has started to spread and now has clear bubbles looks like air bubbles everywhere. My impresstion is bubble algea but I have not been able to locate any photographs of bubble algea that looks like what I have.

55 gallon
Phosphate less then 0.1
ammonia 0
rates0
rites0
78 degrees
1.026 SG
calcium 440
2x65watt actinic PC's two weeks old (8hours)
2 250watt 10k MH bulbs two weels old (6 hours)
20 gallon sump (3 weeks old)
seaclone 100 in sump (actually works pretty well)

 

[bheron]

I would think the cause is excess nutrients -- how often do you do WCs?

 

[drillsar]

If its a new tank under 6 months dont worry, Mine is going away. Its caused by excessive nutrients in water.. Phophates and Nitrites

 

[Fast Fred]

In the mean time, you might try blasting it off with a turkey baster.

 

[Juiced_RL]

Thank you for thr replies.
The tank has been running for close to nine months now.
I do 5 gallon water changes every week or two.
I have just recently added the MH lighting.
I have also just added the sump recently.
I have also started liquid feeding lightly for the corals since they are also a few weeks old.
I don't think any of these are the culpe et because it was forming before that.

So is the way to get rid of this just to wait? Or is there an alternative?

 

[Paintbug]

some of your algae looks like dinoflagellates, some looks like like cyanobacteria. the bubbles you see are the oxygen thats being produced by the algae. my suggestions would be, raise the alk to 11 dKH if its not there already, lower your light cycle to 6 hours total (just until its gone)5 hrs MHs 6 hrs PCs, and dont overfeed the tank. when doing your water changes, right before you start syphoning out the water, blow off the rocks with a turkey baster, then syphon as much as you can out of the water. once you start seeing a decline in the algae bloom you will probably find your source of the algae will be high nitrates. right now the nitrates are being consumed as fast as they are produced so you are getting a 0ppm reading.

 

[Juiced_RL]

Thank you so much for your help. I do not know why my nitrates would be so high. I have a very low bioload and basically a brand new wet/dry added after the algea started. Also in the pictures the algea that looks red is actually just over light coralline and the picture did not come out well it is all green. There is no red algea at all.

Stock list
Yellow Tang
Tomato Clown Fish
Elegant Wrasse
Queen Conch
2 peppermint shrimp
1 coral banded shrimp
hermits and turbo snails

Colt Coral
Xenia
Zoos
Acropia

Any suggestions on how to get the nitrates back down once the algea is gone? Am i doing water changes enough?