Hang in there. New tanks always have something to deal with. I stopped with the live phyto after the first batch also. Just wanted to feed the pods a bit. I'm getting a lot of algae on the glass also. Maybe from phyto. Shouldn't be from my rocks really. They were live and fully cycled for months. So maybe its from the phyto in your tank also. Going to add a few more snails myself and a gfo reactor eventually. Good luck!
Thanks, it is interesting the you might be thinking that the phyto my be the issue. However, the more I think about it, the more I believe that they phyto isn't being consumed since there isn't enough inhabitants to eat the stuff and the phyto eventually dies. From there, we all know what happens.