Questions/Help 65g tank

[Mr.Ghostly]

I currently have a brown alage problem throughout my whole sand bed on the overflow and the return pumps.....bascially every where you could think of and from what I have been told I have good enough amount of inverts......also there is a rough green texture on the whole back side of the tank......This tank has been set up for roughly 2.5 to 3 months.

Also a 10g (15%) water change was done last week Friday

I keep mostly Lps and a piece of Leather atm

Also for inverts I have atleast

3 sand sifting snails
10-12 snails
10-15 red and blue hermits (combination of both in the tank)
1 marble starfish
1 blue spotted gobbie
1 Feather duster

[sporto0]

Pictures would help, sound's like Diatoms but it could be Cyano Bacteria too. the rough green texture is normal, that's just film algae & I'm quite sure your snails are eating that.

[Mr.Ghostly]

The pictures i take never come out showing the color or anything it just dark patches

[Ron Reefman]

Brown and/or green algae blooms are to be expected in new tanks (this is still part of the cycling of your tank. Just because the chemistry settled down is a short time doesn't mean you have a mature tank.

What other fish do you have?
Be careful about how much you feed.
A few more snails wouldn't hurt (the kind that love to clean the glass)
Keep up with water changes until the algae issue goes away (and it will in time)
Do you have a refugium?
If not, maybe a decorative macro algae (like a leafy red algae) will help take up phosphates and nitrates (algae food).

[Mr.Ghostly]

Originally Posted by Ron Reefman

Brown and/or green algae blooms are to be expected in new tanks (this is still part of the cycling of your tank. Just because the chemistry settled down is a short time doesn't mean you have a mature tank.

What other fish do you have?
Be careful about how much you feed.
A few more snails wouldn't hurt (the kind that love to clean the glass)
Keep up with water changes until the algae issue goes away (and it will in time)
Do you have a refugium?
If not, maybe a decorative macro algae (like a leafy red algae) will help take up phosphates and nitrates (algae food).

I just currently have 2 maroon clownfish along with a royal gramma and a blue spotted gobbie and no I don't run a refugium