Where do I go from here ?

[d20monsteroscar20]

Ok, so I was tired of looking at this brown/red algea in the sand of a 29 gallon saltwater tank that I have next to my bed, and decided to go buy a book or something to help me get rid of it. I brought a book "Marine Reef Aquarium Handbook," by Dr. Robert J. Goldstein, and so far so gud. I just learned that there are three types of brown algea: Brown Algae, Attractive Brown Algae, and Unsultable Brown Algae and I m having a hard time figuring out which one I have in my tank(I just know that this stuff is all over the place, even in one of my corals.)
I also brought Kent Marine Strontium & Molybdenum. It suppost to make the corals stay open more.
I think the point that I m trying to make is that I dont know where I m going with this. it has been months now and I dont see any results, my corals are not spreading like I thought they would, instead I have this bad algae blom in the tank.

 

[Nic]

corals dont grow fast... can you post some pics so we can see what you are talking about

 

[ecajoe]

red slime maybe

 

[d20monsteroscar20]

ok here are some picts. I tried takin some of the algae out so it might not look like alot. and as you can see I have two fragments of corals that I thought would spread after I purchase it. I have two demsels, 3 snails and a Gobby.

PS: I was trying to take a pict of the corals but they were close and the picts came out blurry!

 

[Zoodiver]

Looks more like bacteria than algae.
Couple of questions: How often to do hydro clean the substrate? What is your calcium level? What is your photo period? What is your PO4 level?