I thought I would get back to this thread because now I have a taste of almost every algae variety. I have BGA in limited spots, I have what could be staghorn on everything and for the first time today I had some green fuzzy algae. The BGA worries me a bit.
I recently purchased a solenoid, so now my co2 comes on with the lights for about 9 hours. I also turned up the co2 to 4 times what it was. That may have made it worse. The staghorn is on everything tonight and I can't just pull it off. I would have to remove over 50% of my plant mass to manually remove it.
I'm also using a limewood diffuser since I can't stop breaking the glass ones. The limewood works great, but sometimes it starts throwing large bubbles. I figured out I need to clean it at that point.
No dead critters hiding anywhere.
I wasn't worried so much when I posted this threads the first time, but now the algae is growing exponentially. I doubled the co2 tonight, but that was too much. My fish where hading for the surface. Not sure what to do at this point. The plants don't seem to be growing as good either.
I haven't changed my dosing. Last water change was Saturday or Sunday, better than 50%.
Here is a picture of some of the algae from last night. Tonight these same plants have 10 times the amount on them. It's even engulfing my HM and fast growers like anacharis and bacopa:
