fix algae on glass sand help

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I have to clean my glass every 2-3 days. and when i do it looks as if i forgot about the tank and about a week after cleaning the sand it will start to grow brown algae. not cayno from me searching.

im running a reef oct hob in my 20l sump and i clean it every three days as it gets caked in the sides of the tube. all me test look good and are in check. ph is 7.8 tho. but my phos, trates trites ami are cheap test kits though api or what ever the rest are ferts. tanks doing great though

i dont have room for a insump skimmer... so whats my soultion?

gfo and carbon? i have a group by that ends today sooo, thanks

*all water going in is ro/di 0 tds

 

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im in a group buy and have to have my order in today, is the gfo what im looking for... its like 150 when all said and done thanks

 

[Salamander]

Cleaning your glass every few days is normal. Everyone has to do it.

 

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to a point i thought, but mine is thick and the edges and such where the mag dont fit just look horrible. that and the sand when it starts to color change... i have a algae pad that i use on water change day that takes it all off. humm

 

[marti224]

For the sand algae, i had the same problem until I purchased a fighting conch..He does a great job of cleaning the sand bed and sifting the sand around. As for the glass I have to clean mine everyday. I think it is a good sign of a healing reef. Also when you clean the glass it feeds your coral so it has a major benefit. If you are having a major problem with stubborn algae on the glass I just recently purchase a add-on to my magna float which works wonder. It called the Easy Blade Algae Scrapper. Well worth the $15 bucks