Vaughn - my GH is 5.6 ppm. (WRONG: it was degrees of hardness) I guess should get some GH Booster, right? What do you recommend it should be?

Fighting BBA:
Well I have been using Excell and upped my CO2. I also dipped some of my slow growing plants in 20:1 water/bleach. I trimmed some of the tops of my Java and the BBA seems to be slowing down. Don't see any new spots. I read completely through a thread on APC about algae and excell. It was very interesting. I will continue doing excell for the next week and a half.

IRON issues:
I have been dosing EI for about a week now. Wondering if I should dose a little extra Flourish Iron on top of the CSM+B? I don't want to get too much. My red plants are getting some of their color back but are still not as red as they were when I got them. I don't see any other symptoms of iron deficiency like white veins, yellow plants, etc.

CO2 issues:
My 10 lb CO2 tank ran out! I thought it was supposed to last 6 months. I have had it for about a month. My tank is 125g. Does that seem right? I have been running it with a drop checker and a pH indicator. It turns my CO2 off when my pH reaches 6.7. I guess I really need 2 tanks so that I will always have one to switch off.

PEARLING issues:
I still don't see any of my plants pearling? What do I need to do to get them pearling? I have searched the threads to find out if this question was answered and I don't see any answer. Does anyone know?