Hairy green / brown algae problem

[nightmarepl]

hey yall im still having trouble fixing my tank ive lowered my lighting by about 50% now lowered the progress of the grow but still get some, Ive also gotten myself an RODI maker and changed the 40% of the water twice now with in 10 days or so.

my zoas have been closed up for about 2 weeks now the hair gets all over them and its like stringy mucus so ive been using a turkey baster to remove it and a gentle brush
my urchin has died no idea how or why now
and my anemone has died off too same reason no idea why.
some input from the community would be great

equipment
10 gallon tank
420 gph wave maker
light AI prime HD
seachem tidal 55 filter with chem pure blue inside of it


current readings
tank size 10gallon - light AI Prime HD
Phosphates 0.5ppm
ammonia - 0
nitrate- 20ish
nitrite - 0
salinity 1.025
calc 420
alk - 9
temp 79

 

[khushtram]

If your tank is fairly new it will go through algae outbreaks. There is nothing you can do about it. It happens to every single one of us. You have to manually keep removing it and over time your tank will start to balance itself out.

 

[khushtram]

Try to stay away from buying corals while you are battling algae outbreaks let your tank balance out first. IMO your best bet will be to buy algae cleanup crew Nd maybe an algae eating fish. Also try not to over feed too much. What is your current water source ?

 

[nightmarepl]

Try to stay away from buying corals while you are battling algae outbreaks let your tank balance out first. IMO your best bet will be to buy algae cleanup crew Nd maybe an algae eating fish. Also try not to over feed too much. What is your current water source ?

currently i make my own water with the RODI Buddie system tank is about 11 months old as of this week