Fighting Macro Algae

[gotkuuipo]

Sea lettuce and caulerpa are blossoming in my Nuvo Micro 30 after a TDS spike in my ATO and tank-sitter overfeeding while I was away.

I've cut back on feeding, done manually plucking/scrubbing, dipped the zoas I could in peroxide, and started running ROWAPhos - have yet to cut back lighting or go dark. The tank has a large amount of SPS, so I can't peroxide dip or dose peroxide - wondering if there are better alternatives or solutions to combatting macro.

[Daniel62]

Algaefix

[gotkuuipo]

Tried Algaefix -- no effect. Ran it for two weeks, dosing every third day.

[gotkuuipo]

Algaefix

Tried dosing it every three days for two weeks --- no effect. :worried:

[TimeConsumer]

Back when I had a dino issue I used FM Ultra Algae X (now rebranded as Dino X). It killed all algae in my tank as well as the dinos. It would work. I actually had to do two rounds of it, the second time I went above the recommended dose, but it worked. However I consider it a last resort. But if you have a clam you'll need to rehome him, it will kill them from what I hear (at least the version I used).