So I have had my tank up and running for around two months now and in the last few weeks I have seen more and more algae grow on my san bed. It is mostly greenish/brownish in color and some of the spots are developing small bubbles. I am working on getting my carbon and gfo reactor back online, but I was wondering if there is anything else I can do to prevent the algae from building up. I have been manually turning the sand, but it still keeps coming back a day or two later. I have many nassarius snails and have been looking for sand sifting stars but all stores are out of them (AW even said they don't sell them any longer because they are detrimental to the overall quality of the reef) -- I dunno about that, but i do know there is a lot of algae on the sand!
Please let me know if you have any other suggestions on what else would help alleviate this issue.
Please Help! Thanks in advance!
Connor