Hello guys,

Things are looking up in my system - plants are growing well and I am not battling hair algae at all anymore. All the advice Tom Barr gave me saved the day. I still have some trouble though and I was hoping for some guidance.

Current Routine:

4x55W T5's running for 10 hours. I use two 6K and two mixed gas 6K and 20k.
50% Water change per week, the following dosed right after:
3/4 Teaspoon kNO3
1/8 Teaspoon phosphate
15ml Trace
gH & kH adjusted
ph 6.25 (with a CO2 level way over 30 mg/l I am quite certain, bubbles start forming on the underside of leaves 2 hours after lights on).
*I am dosing 3 times a week to add back nitrate, phosphate & trace.

By the end of the day my tank looks like a freshly cracked Perrier bottle! The pearling is extreme...

Plants are growing well (some better than others, but they are all noticeably improving).

1) Over the course of the week micro algae will catch up with me. It will coat my 2 day old leaves and start to coat the glass quite heavily. I can't stop the spread of this algae very easily. The plants that are not doing as well, usually have a good amount of this stuff on the leaves. Black outs work well to clean things up, but it comes back again. Some BBA on my wood comes back over the week also ...

2) I have green spot algae (I think this is what it is called) on some of the Anubias leaves. Does this per chance point at a specific nutrient imbalance? Or just more of the same ....

3) Where can I get some silicone spray for my Eheim "siphon plunger"?

I tried to get some pictures but I can't get clear ones.

Thanks guys!

Cheers,