too much light?

thats what i'll be looking at.. I'll see how fast things go as it is then cut back to a level that the system can handle.

phys wrote: quite confusing. I hear feeding schedules all over the board.. so i'll see what works for me. thanks for the input though.

You might want to recognize that most hobbyists have been in the hobby about 1-2 years and have not had the experience with reefkeeping that many on this MB have, especially when we all get involved in helping solve problems.

Twice/day is not too much food if the amount you feed gets eaten in one minute, but why spend the time feeding twice/day when once/day works just as well?

In addition to feeding too much you don't have enough snails to eat the algae before it shows up as a problem. How do I know you don't have enough snails? I don't know, experience maybe.

Feel free to drop by and chat and/or go on the Reef Tour. You can have a lot of fun and learn a whole bunch.

Looks like the feeding once a day, lower lighting conditions, more snails, and less hours of lighting have kept the algae from spreading any faster (so i'll feed a little less still) and has helped to grow some coral faster. I had one Xenia start to die off when i was on a trip but its come back almost completely this past week. My staghorn is opening up a ton more (moved it higher and in more flow), the green brain has grown slightly and is opening more, the candy is opening more and further when it does, xenia look great, zoos look great also,  my galaxia looks fluffier than ever (dont worry, i know about the galaxia, its pretty small right now and away from things farther than the sweepers have ... swept), and my blue flowery things (whose name escapes me right now) have multiplied a little.