Hi all,

I would really appreciate any assistance that anyone can give me as I'm
staggering around in the dark here and I don't know what to do...

My tank was growing beautifully, my Amazon Sword sent up 2 flower stalks and
flowered, I was trimming my stem plants every 2 weeks as they were getting
too big and then...

I then tried the Tom Barr guidelines but unfortunately my PH probe was not
calibrated correctly and my Co2 levels were at 14ppm... Not what Tom
Suggests at all...

I had a break out of red brush algae on my sword, driftwood, aponogetons,
eveything really... You all gave me your advise, which I followed... I
took the Co2 levels up as per Toms advise, I am now sitting on 45ppm Co2 and
things aren't getting any better... I've done a 50% water changed and all
my nutrients - except Iron appear to be back in sync.

However, three weeks later and I still have a cloudy tank and Red Brush
Algae... My tank is like a snow storm, I can see into it, but it just a
mass of fine white particles... and now most of my plants are dying... Some
of them like my Limnophilla Aromatica have dead tips and the leaves are
turning brown. The only thing that appears to have gotton better is my red
tiger lotus...

I use PMDD, but I can NEVER seem to get the Fe level above 0.0 with it. I
am dosing 5ml per day on a 50gal aquarium and still, I measure everyday and
nothing.... Last night, out of desperation and frustration I started adding
Fe direct to tank, hoping to come home today to find some Fe measurable, but
nothing... I added enough Fe to give 0.02ppm of Fe, but zero yet again.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I just feel like i'm banging my
head against a brick wall...

Thank you.

Justin.