Can low Ph (5.5-6) cause algae blooms?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
When I kept discus I had a friend look after the tank for a few days and came back to green water, I ended up with shutting out light for 48 hours by wrapping the tank with towels to kill it all off, I suspect this was due to overfeeding. This is my only experience with an algae bloom in a tank, so I guess it could be over feeding if the tank is not in direct sunlight.

This was using RO water P/h 5.2, hence the reason for the post
 
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