Hair algae what the heck?

[hardparts2]

I seem to have a hair algea problem and it wont go away. I have a 55 gallon tank with 440 watts of vho lighting a coralife super skimmer 125, 2 seio 620s and a rena xp3. I have tested my water several times with several kits.What I get from testing is

Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
Phosphates 0
Ph 8.2
SG 1.026

I am doing water changes once or twice a week with 6 stage RO/DI water and cleaning the sand bed at the same time and I am feeding very little every other day, my lights are on about 12 hrs a day 10 hrs full lights 2 hrs aticnics only. I am also basting my live rock every other day. What else can I do? I have tried every thing Ican think of.

Here are some pics of the algae

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/files/bubble_2_451.jpg
http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/files/clown_2_468.jpg
http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/files/blenny_170.jpg




Thanks Bob

 

[hardparts2]

Oh Forgot the tank is 4 months old and I have 2 Tomato Clowns, Bubble Tip, Lawnmower Blenny,10 Red Leg Hermits, 10 Margarita Snails, 10 Cerith Snails.All added slowly.

 

[conefree]

sounds fairly normal; a part of the tank maturation process. Keep up the good practices, they should pay off.

 

[Cutiewitbooty]

no hair algae isn't noraml. First off even though your nitrates are 0 doesn't mean you don't have them. Your prams are normal because the algae is eating them up before you can test them.
Also you should cut down you main lighting to about 6-7 hours and day. Make sure you have a good cleanup crew (including maybe a yellow tang) a yellow tang will be ok in a 55 no matter what the tang police say.
Also do extra water changes, maybe like 20-25% a week. Let's see what else...oh yeah do you have a refugium? That will help out alot, the macro algae will compete with the hair algae helping to control it.
Get some phosphate remover, it can't do anything but help

Good luck with your battle