stringy brown algae?

[nemo_66]

i have had my reef for one year and six months, and then we had to move. a few of my corals died in the move, but thats it. its been set up now for about 2 months, and i got this stringy brown algae.its been here for about a month its on my rocks and glass. i did a water change today, but i decided to also post here. does anyone know what this could be, or how to get rid of it?
the tank is a 58 gallon, with a MH, on for about ten hours.
fish are two small clowns, a snowflake eel, a damsel, and a small niger(i know about the size, i got a tank prepared for it.)
im running a CSS 65, a seio 1500, and and mag 5 as a return for a 10 gallon sump.
i can get a pic later, since my computer is acting retarded and isnt fast right now.

 

[nemo_66]

theres the pic of the stuff. thanks in advance for all your help

 

[cjworkman]

How do you get your water?
my first guess is that somehow with the move there is now phosphate in the water

 

[nemo_66]

i use RO water.
the last time i got rid of this stuff in my previous tank when i first set it up was by removing all the rocks, rinsing them in a 5 gallon bucket, and then putting it back in. never saw it again, so im preparing to do that now.

 

[brettd]

There may be more phosphate in the water at your new location. A RO system alone will not remove much of the phosphate. You need a DI (Di-Ionizing) system along with the RO unit. This is the only way that I'm aware of to remove most of the phosphate.

 

[nemo_66]

ok. im going to go to the LFS this weekend and get a test kit for phosphates, and look around for a phosphate remover, and if i cant find one, then i'll go and look for a DI system

 

[daysleeper]

I have the same problem and I get my water from the grocery store which is "RO" water. I find myself cleaning the glass daily and when the stringy algae is removed, it clumps up easily. It has turned from brown to red at times. I am trying red slime algae remover right now to combat it. I have my protein skimmer off during this time. I have a 75 gallon tank with a 48" coralife double ballast. I light my tank about 10 hours a day. I have LR, a few fish, and an anemone in my tank. I thought the anemone was shooting out a "spider web" to help trap food, however this is not what is causing brown algae on the glass. I had recently noticed a thin film on the surface of my tank also. I think it is related to my brown algae issue. My LFS said to increase the flow in the tank. I had 2 marineland 660 powerheads, and am now using 2 powerheads that give me over 1200 gph flow. This has stunted the light surface algae. I think the red algae remover is working but time will tell. I might be overfeeding (I feed once every 2 days). I do water changes 20% every 7-10 days. I was about to create a fresh thread until I read your post with the same problem. I hope others can give us some advice about this. Anyone have ideas?