Green Slime Algeae

[jbt24]

Any suggestions on how to get rid of it. I let it go to long and it is all over my sand and rocks.

 

[fish scales2]

Tell us more about your system please. ie. parameters, mag level, how much live rock, how long system going.(3 months right) What inhabitants?

 

[jbt24]

30 gallon corner, about 60lbs of liverock, have had it running probably 14 months.

 

[jbt24]

Levels are salt 1.026, nitrates 0, nitrites 0, ph 7.8. Tank is 40 gallon corner not 30

 

[jbt24]

i have perc, angel, scooter bleeny, watcherman goby, different corals i have mushrooms, zoos, hammer, torch. Hermit crabs and snails. I run my light about 9 hours a day have been for almost a year and now of course i am having a algae problem. I run a 250 watt bulb my tank runs at 79 to 80 degrees all the time. Do i just need to black out my tank for couple of days and just let the algae die or is there a better way?

 

[fish scales2]

My thoughts are leaning towards (age of bulb) and (mag)
What type of clean up crew do you have? I know how to get rid of the algea but would have to figure out the cause and address it before eliminating the green slime.

 

[jbt24]

My bulb is probably 6-7 months old.

 

[fish scales2]

Stop by the store and I will test your mag, bring a couple of photos and we can figure out what the issue is.