Not Getting any ALGAE!!

Ok, so i've had my tank for about 1 month or two, and after i got my plants in, and started surfing the web for answers to my many questions, i realized that i was getting NO algae!!!!!!!!! so i got really worried and went to the pet store, and i got some tetra pellets, and i figured it would help because with my corys and plecos, it would give them algae to feed on, but its been weeks and ive been putting a whole bunch of pellets, but no algae has been growing!!!. a few days a go i noticed some clear algae growing on my drift wood. but thats it!!! HELP!! please !! AM I DOING SOMETHING WRONG?? please comment!

Info:

A few plants,,

Betta

9 neons

2 corys

1 pleco

rocks

Gravel

working filter

light (nit too strong but enough)

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Comment by Betta on October 23, 2012 at 8:24am: oh ok hha

Comment by Betta on October 23, 2012 at 8:24am: and do bettas breath on the surface?

Comment by LED on October 24, 2012 at 3:11pm: yes use a fork thats stainless steel. another method is use the fork method but microwave the veggies so that the cells walls break down a bit. makes it easier for the fish and algae eaters to scrape the tissue off of the veggies

Comment by lc on October 24, 2012 at 5:11pm: Yes, bettas have a labyrinth organ - it is similar to a lung and it allows bettas to breathe atmospheric air (breathe from the surface).

Comment by Betta on October 26, 2012 at 3:11am: @ lc: my betta acts reall yweird when i put it in. like he goes to the bottom, its really weird so i take it out emidiatly.. but also my pleco dont really seem interested at all, when i out cucomber in the tank.. i dont think they even see it

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