Eco-complete substrate, and yet you're still trying to cycle the tank with ammonia?
Well, there's your problem. Eco-complete is pretty much the freshwater answer to livesand. It's already almost cycled once the dust settles. Close enough, anyway, after the obvious mini-cycle from the moving.
Stop adding ammonia. Once you have nitrate, you don't need it anyway, and with all those plants, you're not going to get much more. Most plants eat ammonia directly, replacing the need for bacteria, and putting the brakes on the traditional cycle to an extent. The ammonia you add isn't helping anymore, and is in fact hurting. Just leave things alone for a week and see what happens.
Oh, and return your lights to normal. The algae may surge for a short while, but it will disappear soon enough once the plants get a foothold and get to work.
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