help!! brown algae invade me!

[tetanos78]

somebody can tell me what to do! Î have a 50g tank, pH 8.2- kh 9, two ocellaris 1 yellow tang, 1 mandarin fish, 1 hermin 1 turbo sneil... 1 chili and 1 sarcophito both soft corals.. and a lot of brown algae.. ist a 5 month tank.. i think ist a new one..

[Kent E.]

That is somewhat normal for a tank that young. How long are you running your lights? How much do you feed? Do you have a sand bed? skimmer?

[tetanos78]

hqi 6hours, actinic start at 12pm end at 22pm, 10.000k start al 1230pm ended 2130hs. I feed with tetra marine, 3 or 4 flakes each clown fish, obviusly the yellow tang more, and i have a 100gallon skimer, and 10g wet/dry. thanks for rply!