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not sure if anyone even try to follow my protocols #6

Quick question for you. Does water look clear whenever the lights turn on after being off for several hours? Does water get cloudy only during when the lights are on for several hours and again becomes clear after lights are off for several hours again? Are you adding any acetic acid?

I normally advice against using a csm+b, you should explore other options if you cannot DIY the micros from scratch. What other options do you have? Seachem Trace is good but not very cost effective. I might be able to recommend something decent depending on where you live. BBA issue is...

Yes, I have tried the large doses of PO4 as well as low to Zero PO4 and I have spent half of my life working with plants, fertilizers, Ratio and lights. and am 100% Confident to say that "GSA has nothing to do with Low PO4" Honestly, I do not remember when was the last time I have encountered...

Furthermore, if i ever want to Control the Algae's "I control the N and P"

no numbers were given, so its hard to tell what exactly and how much he was dosing for his "lean dosing" experiment. but, I do know that you can achieve the fast and good growth while dosing lean when using different ratios and Chemicals for fertilizers.

@Elroy I would still suggest sticking with what i have recommended and we can add Extra PO4 if its ever needed, IMO i do not see any reason to add it during this time. if you want, you can add little MgSO4 to the water if you like, something like 5 ppm Mg. far as PO4 getting rid of GSA, IME...

Are you sure it's GSA? And not GDA?

my very first immediate impression is that your water must have lot of Sulfur in it. Those stones are also contributing some of your algae issues that usually form some kind of brown algae such as Diatoms. is your water very hard as well? Post a water report if possible. the substrate is just a...

Are you saying there was hardly any uptake of Iron. Some of us tested something similar few years back and we concluded that the uptake of Iron was very little, less than 0.05 ppm weekly. I set the Max at 0.1 ppm from DTPA far as weekly recommended dose. I would love to talk more about this...

https://planted-box.com/en/product/all-in-one/ everything was good until i came across with this on their website. I assume this company is new to fertilizer. so are you adding additional: "It is in the form of DIY all in one fertilization. I make nitrate from ammonium nitrate and urea...

this is a good thing, because that mean my aquarium water must be crystal clear. the ADA glass also adds to the confusion.

which connection you are not seeing? everything I have written in there is all related to our aquarium. 1. BBA is strongly linked to Organics 2. BBA is strongly linked to Dying plants (Organic Buildup) 3. BBA is strongly linked to plant being damaged by several nutrients 4. BBA have a strong...

@Hanuman like I said those were my hypothesis and I repeated these experiments several times and got the same result every time. not sure if you understood what I meant by "High Light and need for high CO2 theory" but this theory is false, it didn't hold up far as BBA goes. all am saying is...

There was plenty of damage, the grass was turning yellow and breaking away.

this was my hypothesis on BBA when I was doing Nutrient experiment, I follow this approach since then and BBA is the thing of the past since then.

I believe the OP wants the exact answer weather the nutrients causes algae or not. The answer is YES. It can be backed by scientific approach and evidence. Far as organic goes, ofcource it's best to keep them low in our aquarium.

According to scientists the algae they grow in the lab is grown with fertilizer weather it's organic or inorganic, they use the same chemicals that we use in our hobby to grow the plants. https://utex.org/pages/algal-culture-media You can decide which algae you want to grow simply by using...

@Natthanon Both Algae and plant require the same nutrients for growth weather you have it or not in your aquarium.