Question about algae.

if you have algae problems post a picture and we'll fix it

 

Another answer that has strong credence in todays understanding is substrate binding and release. Its being said that organic decay/direct precipitation of phosphate onto substrate can be slowly leached all the time. One might very well have excellent binding media for the water column but the algae is heldfast right above the source.

Algae tufts additionally catch and hold detritus, becoming localized pumps for nitrate/phosphate quickly bound once it enters solution.

 

My poor snails would love to see some algae in my tank, I had some in one spot on a water deflector that spins in circles, finally a turbo snail got smart and figured out how to get on the rotating device and cleaned it up good, I got a funny video out of it, was going to send it to AFV, do those snails kind of go dormant if there is no available food?

 

No, if there isn't whole protein somewhere else to find they will die. This is unlikely in the average stocked and aged reef tank, even detritus has usable protein

 

I don't have an alage problem. I just been reading up on some stuff and came across this question that I wasn't so sure of.