zoidberg
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I have a 55 gallon planted tank and it's been up and running for about 8 months now. I had it setup with just all plants and fish there was no other decorations. All the plants were multiplying and looked healthy. I thought it looked kind of plain. So about 2 months ago I got some rock from my lfs and made a area up for the fish to hide and to make my tank look better. When I did this I reposition some of the plants and took out some of them. The tank look awesome, and I was very happy with it. About two weeks after redoing the tank my plants started to take a turn for the worse. First the bearded algae started to come, and some of the plants started to die. I got rid of the bearded algae for awhile by pulling it off and doing weekly water changes instead every two weeks. I did that for about a month and it worked and all the bearded algae was gone. Then about two weeks ago the algae came back and more of the plants are starting to die. I don't know what to do next, I tried adding liquid co2 to save the plants and it didn't do anything. My water test are coming out good. PH 7.8 Amm 0 Nitrite 0 and Nitrate 0. Like I said the tank is a 55 gallon with a fluval 305 filter, and 48" aquaticlife dual bulb 54w t5 fixture. 120lbs of caribsea eco complete plant substrate. Any suggestions?