Cutting down iron and Flourish, lose sparkle?

• pH:
• Temp:
• KH:
• GH:
• NH4:
• NO2:
• NO3:5-10 before dose
• PO4: 0.2
• Iron:
• Dosing: 5 mL Flourish, 5 mL iron chelate (0.5 ppm), 15 mL KNO3 (3.75 ppm), 10 mL KH2PO4 (0.4 ppm)
• NO3:PO4 Cumulative Dosing Ratio: 11.25:1.0 = 11.25

Notes:
I've noticed that as I look at the progression of pictures of my tank over the last several weeks that the plants look more bedraggled nowadays, less luxuriant. I think it's because I've been cutting down on the iron and the Flourish down to a third of their original dosing in an attempt to figure out how to stamp out the algae. I've also been cutting down the phosphates in half, so that probably has an effect as well. I'll probably try upping the iron and Flourish up a bit this week to see if that makes a difference.



Also, for this week, I'm going to track my NO3:PO4 dosing ratio to see if there is a consistent ratio which will maintain the Redfield ratio. I've read online that a lot of people have success with a ratio of 10:1.