Is it normal?

Well ever since we put on the new light we have had a green algea outburst from hell. The glass is getting covered with a light coat every 2 days, havent seen much change on the rocks just really the glass. Now around the same time i added a PVC spray bar and siphon tube for the can. filter. So im not sure if that might have something to do with. I used low VOC glue let it sit and dry for a week and rinsed it out about 30 times.

We did change from 45 watts to 192 total watts lighting.

 

thats normal blazin. everyone gets the film algae on their glass. use a magfloat to clean it off . its a constant thing

 

Always had the film but its in like overdrive mode now lol. Thanks i think i need a new mag float old one sounds like the magnet is loose.

 

Yep - totally normal! Just keep scraping for the time being and everything will come into check eventually. I noticed this happens more with t5's than MH for some reason - which lighting do you have BTW?

 

8 Bulb T-5. 4-10K, 2-460NM and im waiting for the 2-420nm to show up. Had 6-10k but man that was way to bright.

 

if you just added the upgraded lights and used the same lighting schedule, you'll see a bloom. lots of folks acclimate their new lights by starting with a small photo period and increasing it daily or so.

it will even out eventually. I clean my glass every other day to every 3 days.

 

I figured it would get bad but i usually cleaned every 5-6 days lol. I did change the schedule to about 2 hours less of 10k light though. So far the mushrooms are very happy, one about doubled in size.

Thanks guys just making sure it wasnt going through another cycle.