Algae issues in FOWLR tank - advice?

[zeroc]

Recently set up our first FOWLR tank, a 75 gal with some live rock and a juvie picasso trigger.
Things going good except we have a HUGE red slime & hair algae problem. The stuff is growing everywhere, I can't have a cleaning crew 'cause the trigger will eat them for a snack. I clean the glass with a magfloat but the next morning it's covered again. I can't even see my live rock they just look like fuzzy red/green blobs.
Any advice? Currently have just 2 48" NO daylight bulbs, 6500k. Should we change the lighting to help reduce algae growth?
All of the FOWLR tanks I've seen here are clean and awesome looking - how do you all do it? Had this new tank up for 2 months and it's just causing us grief. Our reef tank is a piece of cake compared to this (the snails and hermits help of course). Help!

 

[redman1221]

Originally Posted by ZeroC
Recently set up our first FOWLR tank, a 75 gal with some live rock and a juvie picasso trigger.
Things going good except we have a HUGE red slime & hair algae problem. The stuff is growing everywhere, I can't have a cleaning crew 'cause the trigger will eat them for a snack. I clean the glass with a magfloat but the next morning it's covered again. I can't even see my live rock they just look like fuzzy red/green blobs.
Any advice? Currently have just 2 48" NO daylight bulbs, 6500k. Should we change the lighting to help reduce algae growth?
All of the FOWLR tanks I've seen here are clean and awesome looking - how do you all do it? Had this new tank up for 2 months and it's just causing us grief. Our reef tank is a piece of cake compared to this (the snails and hermits help of course). Help!

How long do you run your lights and what type of water are you using. Did you test the water in the tank

 

[zeroc]

We used to run the lights all day, we've cut it back to just the evening hours while we are home.
Using R/O water, water tests look fine, nothing out of the ordinary.
Our current turnover is only 8x, gotta pick up another powerhead to get it up to 13-14x. Hopefully that will help.

 

[volitan1]

Hello,
In order to get rid of this problem, you must increase the flow in your tank. Purchase an extra power head, or redirect your current power heads and/or water movement. Increased flow will definitley solve this problem.