There are several good points made here, to me at least.
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But the whole notion is very simple, you need to get in there, work the plants, prune them, preen them, remove any decay, any algae, any dead leaves, clean filters etc.
2

I agree with Tom. You need to use the estimative index so there is no Ammonium and the plants grow fast. but i think that if the algae are established they will not die or at least die quickly if there is a lack of ammonium but all others present.
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not ALL algae in the hobby are IMHO the results of poor plant growths. Green dust algae, spot algae, and thread algae come to mind.
These three seem to be definitely connected. 2 and 3 are similar to me in my recient experiences. Two of my tanks, both 10 gallons one with 45 watts NO and one with 30watts NO. Both CO2 enriched and with all the required ferts, in acceptable amounts. Both have the green fuzz/dust and I can NOT beat it. The problem started for both at the same time when my CO2 tank ran low on pressure and I got low CO2 levels for a few days. Thats when the fuzz started.
Now I have been battling this for well over 2 months. I know my levels of everything are good. I have tried 2-50% wc's a week, to 2-90%wc's a week. I even spent one week, doing 75% every other day. I would drain the tank, wipe the glass with paper towels (small areas, no rewiping with dirty towels) try to make sure i got it all form the glass and refill the tank. Dose chemicals back, make sure CO2 was good, etc. Still I have it as bad as before. Th plants all grow amazingly BTW. None of them have ever looked better.
Am I dosing enough nutrients? I made myself a spreadsheet to keep track of all of that. Average dosing 30-40pm NO3, 3ppm PO4, 5-6ml Flourish trace, 5-6ml Flourish Fe. I have stuck with a dosing pattern for 2-3 weeks before changing it. Both have high fish loads, 10-13 neon tetras, but always have, and I never had this problem before. One tank is my AGA entry, it was rescaped after entry, but the fish, Eco-Complete, plants and filter are all the same, just a diferent planting scheme. I am sick of this fuzz. I am considering buying an quickfilter and running it for a couple of days, not changing the water but wiping down the glass every few hours witha magnet scraper or something to knock loose the algae so it can get sucked up. I know this algae should go away if you pick at it like I have been, I though it would not grow except under very limited conditions, mainly High light, low CO2, but I can practically watch mine grow on the glass. Regardless of whether or not it's spores will attach to any surface they touch. I know I am removing most of it during water changes. I even gun things through he plants to try and knock some of it loose so it can settle and be vaced/wiped up.
What am I supposed to do now? I don't want to resort to algaecide, or try drastic measures but what to do?
I am assuming that my cleaning/maintenance practices are to blame. So as for my #1 observation of Tom's, whats the best way to prune, preen and maintain our tanks? Maybe thats where many of us go wrong. Are we not cleaning good enough. I feel like I am very through. I am a bit anal retentive sometimes
Sorry for this incredibly long post. I kind of got caught up in a moment
