Help - Algae crisis

I include the video above.

The sand, the glass, the acrylic partition, the coral, the rocks... red algae is everywhere :-[

My colt coral looks dead. My mushroom hates to open anymore. Ok, maybe I am a bit exaggerating, but the whole tank looks so bad even though I clean it almost daily (and it's not an easy task to remove the algae, it sticks worse than super glue)

ps. the good news is my Tubipora musica looks awesome!

 

dude i think your tank is pretty damn cool. the red algae seem to be a red bubble algae, its looks pretty cool and though i have never had a bubble algae invasion i have read that they can be problem. test your water see where your values are off.

here is a good read
'Bubble' Alage: Selected Descriptions, Controls and Comments by Horge Cortes-Jorge, Jr. - Reefkeeping.com

 

Thanks for the link, I am going to read that. I also have brown/red algae on the glass that looks like little little dots that are hard to remove. Not sure what are they.

I am going to test my water later. The last water test is 2 weeks ago, everything seem on spot, except that my Phosphate was slightly above 0.1-0.2ppm (ideally is 0.07). Should I do water change again? I do wc once a week. I don't use R/O water though.

 

That actually sounds like coralline. It comes in a variety of colors depending on cal, mag, and alk levels as well as lighting. FTR, mine is mostly green with just a few spots of pink and purple.

That's most likely your problem, and your phosphate level would probably be much higher if it wasn't for the algae feeding on it. Until you get a ro/di unit, I'd suggest you try to buy some from your lfs, or at least get distilled water from your local grocer.

 

+1, though phosphates might not solemnly come from you water source. the food you feed your fish could also be source of phosphate

this said absolute zero values of phosphate are not ideal for corals either (from what i know) as they require this in order to build and repair tissue.

Foiling Phosphate | Coral Magazine

How To Get Rid Of Phosphates In Your Saltwater Aquarium « Saltwater Aquarium Advice Blog

 

+1 on using RO/DI water. What you feed your fish may be another factor.I strain/rinse my fresh/frozen foods before feeding my tank. You may want to consider feeding your fish less often. I've also used Tropic Marin Elimi-Phos for in the past when I had high phosphates.

 

+1 on ro/di. I have a di bottle that filters my water and gives me all 0s on the TDS meter. Just a couple weeks ago my bottle got exhausted and before I realized it the TDS were in the 400s. Within a week of using the exhausted bottle for top off and such I started to get a cyano on the substrate and I had battled it for a long time. This is the reason I don't use tap water. Ro/di water really makes a difference. Good luck with your battle.