I have noticed that in the past week or so, the red micro algae has pretty much taken over/over grown all of the green micro algae (the brown diatom has been gone for a long time now)........both green and red macro algaes are growing REALLY well (even have some yellowish/brown macro from rocky point that is doing pretty good)........during the day, all surfaces are covered with oxygen bubbles from the algae photosynthesizing..........but what I'm trying to figure out why the red micro is doing so much better than the green........light spectrum?
the lighting over the tank is about 120 watts NO florescent.......since I am only going to grow macros and shroms, it consists of 5, 18"bulbs, 3 (2X) overdriven (2 5400K full spectrum and 1 6500K full spectrum), and 2 normal output 50/50s........I'm wondering if I should get rid of the 5400Ks and replaced them with 50/50s and/or pure acentics.........my reasoning for using the 5400Ks was:
1: cheap........$5 at HomeDepot
2: cover more spectrum