algae on plant leaves

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slake

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I have a new planted tank and algae is growing in the cabomba leaves. I think its beard algae. Its a 5 gallon tank with 1 betta, more than 10 mts, 23 watts of pc light, nh3 0 ppm, no2 1 ppm, no3 10 ppm, ph 7. I'm feeding HBH betta bites one of the ingredients is L-ascorbic acid phosphate, would the phosphate cause the algae to grow? I just did a water change about 30% and Ill get a po4 test kit tomorrow. Will the mts eat this, if not what should I do to get rid of it?
 
In an attempt to get the BBA at it's source, are you adding carbon in some form? OR do you have lots of surface disturbance? With a 5gal you could easily dose flourish excel for a carbon source, and this would probably cut down on algae growth
 
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