Added 250ml of purigen in a bag to my filter, wow is the water ever clear now. Highly recommend this product to anyone and everyone after seeing the results.
Debating the ideal of jumping my photo period up another hour. currently running 9 hours and still no sign of any algae. I will keep it 9 hours for maybe another week or 2 before bumping it up. But 10 hours is the plan for the near future.
You can see the heater has been moved up, this is to allow the newly added jungle val in the back to grow without interference. I will hide it back there again once its all grown up to the top.
Siamese Algae Eaters are showing behaviour which I believe is mating type behaviour. I will be observing them and see if anything comes from it.
Plants are all growing better now that I have increased my ferts a bit more. This is a good sign and I will continue to dose this way for several more weeks before possible upping the amounts again. I realize how important it is to make small adjustments over a long period of time. Observing for any changes good or bad and learning from them. This is how I have been able to keep algae free and constantly improving my tank.
New plants added:
30 x Jungle Val (small plants in the back, will cover back wall)
Eurasian Milfoil
Bolbitis
Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia
Anacharis Canadensis
Aponogeton Undulatus
More sunset hygro
More Ludwigia Repens
Video update will be coming soon, I have just been super busy lately.