Brown dusting on glass daily

[LCW]

I am getting brown dusting on glass daily it removes very easy
Below is my light schedule and parameters looking for suggestions PLEASE*****

Innovative marine 80sr. My aquarium is 3 years old

Mixed reef softies, lps and sps and various fish and clean up crew urchins, turbo, astrea, nerite,bumble bee, Trochus, Nassaurius, emerald crab and copepods.

Parameters:
TDS is 0
Phosphate 0.08
Nitrates 0.11
Mag 1400
Salinity 126
Alkalinity 11.2
Calcium 400
Lights radion g5 Pro x2 and G6 Pro x1 running lights 10 hours per day
Running skimmer as well

 

[Hemmbone20]

How new is the tank?

 

[LCW]

3 years old

 

[Lavey29]

With bottomed out nutrients, the algae is out competing other stuff in the tank for the minimal scraps available.

 

[LCW]

Suggestion?

 

[LCW]

With bottomed out nutrients, the algae is out competing other stuff in the tank for the minimal scraps available.

What would you suggest to even everything out?

 

[Lavey29]

What would you suggest to even everything out?

What program are you using with your lights? It's not uncommon to get brown dust algae on the glass but typically it's like once a week or more that you need to wipe it off

 

[LCW]

What program are you using with your lights? It's not uncommon to get brown dust algae on the glass but typically it's like once a week or more that you need to wipe it off

AB+ without moonlight

 

[Lavey29]

What would you suggest to even everything out?

If you have corals in the tank then nitrates at 10 and phosphate at. .1. To much white light will cause algae also.

 

[GatorGreg]

With bottomed out nutrients, the algae is out competing other stuff in the tank for the minimal scraps available.

Isn’t having that high of an ALK (11.5) and that low of nutrients (0.11 nitrate) playing with fire as well?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I am getting brown dusting on glass daily it removes very easy
Below is my light schedule and parameters looking for suggestions PLEASE*****

Innovative marine 80sr. My aquarium is 3 years old

Mixed reef softies, lps and sps and various fish and clean up crew urchins, turbo, astrea, nerite,bumble bee, Trochus, Nassaurius, emerald crab and copepods.

Parameters:
TDS is 0
Phosphate 0.08
Nitrates 0.11
Mag 1400
Salinity 126
Alkalinity 11.2
Calcium 400
Lights radion g5 Pro x2 and G6 Pro x1 running lights 10 hours per day
Running skimmer as well

Please post pic but likely a combination of bright light and inorganics amounting to fine layer of diatomous material. You can add snails to assist with cleaning such as astrea, nerite, cerith and margarita

 

[Lavey29]

AB+ without moonlight

Are you dosing phytoplankton? I find dosing it can cause some algae on the glass to in my tank.

 

[Lavey29]

Isn’t having that high of an ALK (11.5) and that low of nutrients (0.11 nitrate) playing with fire as well?

For sure it is not good for corals.

 

[LCW]

Run c

If you have corals in the tank then nitrates at 10 and phosphate at. .1. To much white light will cause algae also

I run cool white around 12

 

[Lavey29]

Run c

I run cool white around 12

Near a window at all?

 

[LCW]

No window, no photo

 

[LCW]

No phytoplankton

 

[LCW]

I guess it could be but my corals are all doing great

 

[GatorGreg]

No window, no photo

Now that is just a beautiful sight.

 

[Lavey29]

No window, no photo

Nice fish room, you can cut lights back to 6 hours for a week and see if that helps whole you bring nutrients up and alk down.