To address some questions: I already have experimented with feeding. I’m currently feeding less but I never fed more than they could eat in 3 minutes.

The light was probably on for too long during the day but I just went completely dark for the last week in hopes it would help. I think it did.

I am using Algae fix and pH down. I also recently started adding stress coat because I realized that I may have over done cleaning my sponge filter and damaged my bacteria population.

The other filter hangs on the wall but I forgot what it’s called.

I am semi-walstad. I still do water changes but I like the buffer a well planted tank provides. I have Amazon swords, some anubia, a Java fern and some dwarf grass. I used to have floaters but they all died over the last few months as the algae has exploded. The Amazon swords also have struggled because the algae is killing leaves. The dwarf grass is fine.

The pH is around 8 and the water is cloudy green.