brown algea in a nano tank ??PLEASE HELP

[nimo1969]

I'm finding brown algea on the glass ?? I have the lights for 12 hours (timer)nano tank (10) gl .The only thing is feeding could be a issue .... I have soft corals and I think I FEED THEM TO MUCH .. Please help me what do i feed them and how much ??? I need help
Thank you
nimo1969

 

[tthemadd1]

Do you use Tap water?
Do you test for Phosphates?
How long has tank been up?
What are Nitrate readings?
How often do you do water changes?
What type of softies?

 

[tuningvis]

why are you feeding soft corals

 

[nanoreef]

:hilarious

 

[mimzy]

Answering the Tthemad1's questions would be a HUGE help in diagnosing the source of your problem - in the meantime, cut your lights to 8 hours, do big water changes every other day (20%) and scrape off as much of the algae as you can by hand before you do each water change.
Make sure you don't use tap water - even if you treat it before you mix it, tap water is the A#1 hugest cause of icky things in a SW tank.

If the algae was anywhere other than the glass, I'd suggest hermit crabs...I had a small outbreak of cyano shortly after my cycle (b/c, not realizing what a hugely bad idea it was, I used treated tapwater - only ONCE - and STILL had cyano), and they took care of it in a matter of 2 days. :joy: