thank you everyone! here are some more comments:

tcomfort: The BBA always starts on my Anubias and then slowly starts to spread from there. I agree that my flow is fine.
Some other aquariums that I have seen locally have about 1/4 the flow that I do and they are doing very well.
I should mention they are higher light tanks also!

While I have used Excel in the past to pull things around, I have never used it in a spray bottle. I will attempt
that soon ...

Carissa: This is very interesting indeed. Let me mention a few more things:

gH is 4 degrees via a Hagen test kit, and apparently 28 via a pinpoint conductivity monitor. I don't trust the
conductivity meter at this time and so I stick with the hagen. Our water is extremely soft here - no calcium or
magnesium. For example, if I complete a 50% water change I have to add about 2 tablespoons of Barr's gH booster.

Next to CO2 the only other variables I have heard are important to check during a BBA outbreak are nitrate and iron.
I believe my Nitrate to be correct for two reasons: 1) My leaves are not turning red (on the certain species I have
observed to change during low nitrate levels). 2) When I reference check my nitrate levels against a calibration
fluid (20 ppm, made from the directons on this forum) they are always slightly higher than the calibration.

This leaves Iron ... and my Hagen test and dosing seems to be excessive. In the coming weeks I am going to focus my
efforts on the iron and trace levels, while holding the other parameters constant. You mention to watch all variables:
trust me, I only run aquariums in this way.

vaughn: I have had excel save me from some harsh bba disasters

mrkookm: my drop checker looks almost the same, but probably more yellow!!! My flow and CO2 is adequate. That is
a fair amount of iron you are adding there... but if you consumption rate is extremely high than this isn't too
bad. Especially if you reset the levels each week with a large water change. You know, the classic EI approach.
I didn't mean to say I have gasping fish now. I mean in the past I have used their comfort level to help me set
high levels of CO2 in the water. After a few weeks of that I still had bba return.

Oh ya, my tank is running 24/7 co2 at the moment so that I can eliminate any fluctuations.

My lights are 6 hours...