Detritus/brown algae explosion, help

[Rodney]

http://m1345.photobucket.com/albums/...e%20Uploads/?a

[Rodney]

Not sure if that worked the right way but ill try and figure it out later I guess

[neoh]

How long are your lights on for? What type of lighting are you using?

[Rodney]

Not sure the name but it's 3 x 250w mh 8 x t5 blue actnic and 24 lunar led the t5 are on from 7-9 am mh from 9-6pm than t5 from 6-8/9 than lunar overnight

[Rodney]

Oh and the bulbs are 6-7 months old

[fishytime]

do you use RO or tap water?

[Rodney]

Distilled tap water with prime but I also tested airdrie tap water and the levels if any were fairly low

[Rodney]

Ok so update
I manually went in and tried to clean it up and what I found is it isn't brown algae but green hair algae covered in detritus now as my tank shouldn't still be cycling the only thing I can think is its the wife feeding to much

Any thoughts????

[Rodney]

The tank is fed twice a day 2 cubes a mix consisting of Mysis, brine shrimp, cyclopeze and I feed the corals there blend every 3 days

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Rodney

The tank is fed twice a day 2 cubes a mix consisting of Mysis, brine shrimp, cyclopeze and I feed the corals there blend every 3 days

That's ALOT of food

I would def cut that in in half and once a day