Does this aqaurium look like it has a safe amount of alage/mulm
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I started this 6 gallon about a month ago and had some issues earlier but I changed the light cycle to only 6 hours and I'm nkt sure what kthe factors could cause this gross stingy algae from forming. Had some issues from adding new plants which causes some of my shrimp to freak out. But added active carbon and verified with the store that I got the plants from that there wasnt any harmful pesticides that could of leeched from the plants. My shrimp seem fine now but I only see a few of them from time to time. I added close to 20 babies and 5 adults. One was berried and had the babies. Though I've noticed several dead ones. The adults seem normal now but the babies occasionally jerk around or just float without moving and them come back to normal.
Important to note also that I have started to notice a decent number of little white hydras in there. Bought a couple different versions of no planaria only to find out that the one that actually works to actively kill them has betel palm nut extract. I ordered some that should arrive tomorrow.
Also these are the parameters via drop test
GH:11
KH:5
PH: 7.2
Ammonia:0 ppm
Nitrite:0 ppm
Nitrate:0 ppm
Copper (dissolved and chelated): 0ppm
I used tap water treated withtabk first aqaurium water conditioner and added appropriate amounts of GH/KH+