Update time.... So the green hair algae stuff seems to have left the tank. Not sure if it's because i'm getting the right balance of the dwarf catfish I added have had a good feast. Plants all seem to be growing, don't have any that I'm concerned about other than the standard non bushy
sessiliflora . It's still got way too much space between each set of leaves. Still getting new growth from the base though so not all lost.
The brown slime algae still persists, I did the SiO2 test on my tank water only and it was off the chart. Haven't done my tap water but can't imagine it's going to be less. Will do that today to at least eradicate it something in my tank causing a high reading.
The brown algae is a bother in that my plants don't look green and bright but it's not doing too much harm and the snails, shrimp and catfish like to feast on it. What to me looks like BBA on my wood is more pronounced now, I'm ok with it at the moment, it's quite natural looking but do have to make sure it doesn't take hold.
Lights are at 40% each on whites, red 25% and blue 3% and have recently increased to 7hrs a day without any noticeable difference.
Have some photos on my phone which I'll upload on next post shortly to show the progress. Couple of colours on plants I'd like an opinion on...