What to do?

[lpsreefer]

In my 29 biocube. There's a mess of algae going crazy.
I don't know if I should shut the tank down and cook all the rocks.
I'm open to ideas.
I've tried picking it off everyday but I keep loosing the fight.
There's three different types going crazy.

[apexifd]

if there is no fish or coral in the system, maybe try to do a 2 weeks dark out. Lights off, cover the tank with blankets, box, etc.. Most of the algae should be melted without light source. And after that, do a good size water change.

[toytech]

thats all easy algea to pick out , pull it all out and use a phosphate remover . It will take a few mass removals but each handfull is a handfull of nutrients your pulling out.

[lpsreefer]

there a sixline wrasse, clown, and a green bubble tip nem.
the clown is easy to catch and the nem i can prolly move to a holding tank.
the sixline might be a bit tricky to get out.
so pull off as much as i can and then lights out for two weeks. then big water changes?

[gregzz4]

Or put the rock in a covered container with a powerhead and heater
When I cured/cooked my rock, I cut a corner off the lid for cables and it was enough for gas exchange
Weekly WC the container to remove PO4 / rotting algae, and swish the rock in the old water to remove detritus

This way your critters can stay put
Of course, you'll need a rock in the tank for the nem

You could also try to find someone who would trade you
I don't want your rock but I've seen lots of builds where people prefer to keep all kinds of natural algae growing ( mind you, maybe not the bubble )

[Nano]

Yikes lol sorry but that's insane! I would try to get everything into a holding tank and black out the tank like said. Sorry for your troubles! I had a small amount of byropsis and i was freaking out lol. This is a hole nother thing though :P good luck keep posted!

[lockrookie]

do not fret pull it out best you can scrub it with a tooth brush... do a couple 50 percent water changes.. dose 3 percent peroxide.. and you wil start to see the end of the tunnel..

but try and find the source causing the phosphates and it will keep it at bay

[acepumping]

or better yet, keep cleaning, get rowaphos, run that and then turn your light hours right down to like 4 hrs of actual light and rest dim blue or something, try that

[Snaz]

Blocking out the tank will not do the job because you're not exporting the nutrients, sure you kill all the algae but without removing the nutrients it is just going to come back when the lights are turned on again.

Rowaphos, harvest heavily and build either a refugium or an algae scrubber in the 2nd compartment. Put the rowaphos in the last compartment so the algae scrubber does not starve.

[George]

Your bio-load seems to be low for the tank. So the nutrients that feed the algae must come from somewhere else.
Do you use ro/di water for water change? what skimmer if any? is it second hand LR (may leak PO4)? you are not crazy at feeding the fish are you?
let's treat the cause not the symptom.