i have been vacuuming the tank and putting the waste water in the outside "algae" tanks.
Between the nutrients from the waste water and/or a little acidic rain water the algae bloom has started up again. So i have to consider that it wasnt "spent" just starved for nutrients.
This seems like a good thing because i have been reading the SRAC articles and it looks like these fish can filter feed on these microscopic zooplankton until they are 1.5-2inches long. I assumed they moved up in zooplankton size more quickly but maybe not.
So i am still feeding powder but also water changes with the alge tank is adding algae and zooplankton. I'll take more pictures when they get closer to .5-1" in length which is still probably a couple of weeks away.
