My lights are now 5-6 months old getting that time to change em out. Last time I encountered an algae bloom. Is there any way to avoid this from happening again?
You can change one of the bulbs out...wait a month or two, & then change out the other bad one. That way it's not a blast of all new bulbs at the same time.
It worked for me before. Not all tanks are the same...
Why wouldn't it work? Just pinch the screen between the lid and the tank. You should only need a single screen for a few days to acclimate everything to the new bulbs. The algae bloom is because of the sudden increase in light