need some help please!!

[new-2-the reef]

Need Help !
ok,so I m getting alot of algae build up now in my tank on the glass and on the aragonite bottom ..etc etc....

just curious if this is gonna continue or will it stop..do I need to do something?
I have done 2 water changes since and all tests are still at zero,except the nitrate still at 20 on the chart...
it has been close to 7 weeks with my tank up and running..now that I have set up the light (in past few weeks) it seems to be blooming, should I cut back my daylight totally and just leave the atitinc and led running until its time to run lights...?
about 20 snails are in the tank now but the algae is getting ahead of the fast
I have yet to get turbo snails though my local fish store has not had them in weeks..its a 55 gallon tank ,how many snails should I keep?

I have a small mushroom coral that is on one of my live rocks along with a few feather dusters..will the light being gone ..would it affective them?

please let me know guys/gals what I might do?
sorry ahead of time for all the questions...lol


thanks Clint.

 

[Len]

Hi Clint,

Algae blooms in the first few months of new tanks is natural. Sometimes they go away in a couple of weeks. Sometimes in a year. My tank actually took about 14 months and went through a bunch of different types of algae growths. No amount of snails or herbivorous fish helped keep them in check. The algae just went away on its own and never came back. It takes patience.

Just make sure you are maintaining the tank properly. This means regular water changes with high quality water, good quality top-off water (RO water is highly recommended), moderate feedings, and use of a good protein skimmer. After some time, the algae will starve and die out. Just be patient.

 

[new-2-the reef]

Hi Clint,

Algae blooms in the first few months of new tanks is natural. Sometimes they go away in a couple of weeks. Sometimes in a year. My tank actually took about 14 months and went through a bunch of different types of algae growths. No amount of snails or herbivorous fish helped keep them in check. The algae just went away on its own and never came back. It takes patience.

Just make sure you are maintaining the tank properly. This means regular water changes with high quality water, good quality top-off water (RO water is highly recommended), moderate feedings, and use of a good protein skimmer. After some time, the algae will starve and die out. Just be patient.

thank you very much Len.
I am gonna cut back on my feedings aswell
once every other day..I have been doing it twice a day...been spoiling them I guess...lol

also the top off the tank wtih ro water should be done daily correct?
I have been doing that with a juice jug I stole from the wifes kitchen..lol
Im gonna do water changes every 14 days, 5-10 gallons
thanks again Clint

 

[PezJunkie]

also the top off the tank with ro water should be done daily correct?

The more frequently you top-off, the more stable your salinity will be. As the water evaporates, the salt concentration gets higher... So when you top-off the salinity goes back down - back to where it started (in theory). The longer you go between top-offs, the larger that swing will be.