Indirect sunlight?

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Angry the Clown

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Does indirect sunlight cause any issues? I read so much that direct sunlight can cause major algae blooms, but what about indirect light? My particular window receives about 30 minutes of direct light a day (the last hours of evening) but it introduces considerable (indirect) light into my home. Would this cause any concern?
 
Actually, I like to have more sunlight in a planted tank so that I don't need turn on my PC lights and save energy and money. My PC lights are 6500K, same as sunlight. You may have algae problem and need stock more algae eaters.
 
Algae eaters aren't going to keep up with a true algae problem, but algae eaters also tend to pick up after the other fish's meals taking up some of the algae food supply.
 
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