Alright, so I've got a 29gallon nano saltwater tank, it's a fish and live rock only tank (until I save the $300 for the lighting upgrade), the problem I've been having is that I am constently having algea break outs. I went to the specialty saltwater store by my house (SeaUMarine) and the guy told me to cut back on my lighting, which I currently have on for 10-12hours a day, I've cut it down to about 6 hours at the most per day now. He recommened snails for the tank and told me the general rule of thumb for snails is 1 for every 3 gallons. So 9 would do, but I could stretch it and fit in 10 possibly, is there anything else other than snails, constant scrubbing of the algea and cutting back on the lighting that I can do?
PS, the algea is just normal green algea.
PS, the algea is just normal green algea.