Help>> Algae On Fungia Plates

[baugherb]

I have 3 fungia plate corals in my tank .1 orange 1 green and 1 that's a purple long tentacle. My problem is I have what looks like brown hair algae growing on them. It seems to get worse daily... I do water changes bi-weekly and use phososorb monthly... What can I do for this?? or what would eat this. My lfs suggested a emerald crab or maybe a dwarf hermit crab which I did take out of my refugium and did put back in the main tank(the dwarf hermit crab).. Any help would be greatly appreciated . i will work on picss.........


I WAS IN A RUSH SORRY FOR NOT POSTING IN ALGAE FORUM...

[Nemo 2]

your lighting may affect it.i know lighting in the room was killing my tank.got rid of it all by lighting and feeding less.looks like a cool picture now.

[baugherb]

how long are you lights on for Nemo2

[amcarrig]

Algae will not grow on a healthy coral. Could be that your plate is having tissue recession issues and the algae is taking advantage of it.

[baugherb]

how long should I leave my lights on???/ there on about 9-10 hours a day now??? what could i do to help this problem..... my bulbs need changed, could this have anything to do with this/????