Many thanks Tom I can honestly say that when I seriously took your suggestions and put them into place it made a huge dent in the algae problem. I have also had great success setting up a low light tank as per your suggestions. Thanks for sharing and helping.

On an unrelated topic, would you recommend frequent water changes for a tank with ADA Amazonian II or based on your experience is this only need for ADA Amazonian I substrate. For my ADA Amazonian Subtrate setup, I don't plan on adding any inhabitants in the tank for a month and out of curiousity I was going to use two DIY c02 bottles to provide extra c02 for a month to give the plants a headstart. I was going to remove one bottle and check the c02 level with a drop checker to ensure 30 PPM max before adding inhabitants after a month. In both cases, the yeast brew would be changed every 1-2 weeks max to keep c02 levels consistent.