I wonder if you can also get by with less intervention... Sometimes less is more, and trying to avoid the natural algae progression might leave you more susceptible to outbreaks in the future.My tank is in month 3 and am in ugly phase right now. Unfortunately I have had to do a lot of research on how to battle dinos! My biggest mistake was likely leaving phosphate and nitrate at zero for the last 1.5 month. I decided to not add more livestock (two of my early dish jumped out) since the custom lid I order had to be adjusted which delayed things by 1.5 months.