green slimy algae

[tugboat]

my tank is well established, run 2fluderised, 1 twin bio wheel, 1 wetdry sump, 1 magnum 350, 2 uv sterelizers on 75 gal tank recently got away from aggresives and decided to go with more community/ reef tank, as of right now i have in there 1 yellow tang, 1 scoupus tang, 1 coral beauty, 1marroon clown, 1sm brown clown 1 lawnmower goby, some live rock, 1 polop, 1 mushroom, daily i give liquid calcium, weekly or biweekly i give in proper dosage strontium & molybdenum, essential elements, coral vite, and iron, lighting 2 stip blue moon, 1 high intensity lt (double bulb) problem is polops open in limited amt meaning they never all open like fish store, mushrooms really never seem to open almost looks shriveled. water temp btwn 76 - 80 degrees in safe zone by thermometer and now the live rock is being heavily green slimed do water changes as needed if nitrates get high only one that usually out of sync. I can really use some guidance/advise please share with me your knowledge and experience really needed want to succed at this new challenge thanks for everyones help tugboat nullnull igb1229@home.com

 

[flydan]

Hey tugboat!
Welcome to the board.
Do you have a good cleanup crew? How much lr is in there? Good rule of thumb is one cleanup crew critter per gal. I'd put more snails than hermits in a reef, but that's personal preference.
I'd get rid of the 2 UV sterilizers and get a good skimmer. You may be sterilizing your supplements. You'll get lots of opinions on filtration so I'm sticking to the basics.
Also, go easy on your feeding, especially if you don't have a cleanup crew. Extra nutrients in the water will be used to feed the algae.
Just my .02 on the info you listed. There may be other variables such as lighting and if your useing cc or a dsb. Also, unless your cleaning all those filters quite regularly they produce nitrates which algae just love.
HTH,
Dan'l

 

[q]

Monitor you alk and calcium levels. People will want to know your readings so you might as well post them.
A skimmer is a good idea as well as ditching the UV or at least having them on standby incase of a disease outbreak.
The popular thing is to use a DSB Deep Sand Bed for a substrate and 1-1.5 lbs of live rock along with the skimmer for you filtration. So actually you could be over filtered depending on the point of view. There are many view points and opinions that all will produce results. Educate your self then make an informed decision.
PS Your lighting is probably going to limit you so you might want to start looking into upgrades.