SantaMonica's UAS test pics

[SantaMonica]

Here are the first pics I took:

Day 4: 1901 1902 1903 1904


Day 5: 1905 1906


Day 6: 1907 1908


Day 7: 1909 1910


Day 8: 1911 1912


Day 9: 1913 1914 1915

[Garf]

Wild growth. Is that a virgin screen?

[SantaMonica]

Yes. Was feeding 4 or 5 pinches a day.

[Jason]

The airstone is wood actually ??

[SantaMonica]

No, a cheap 3" sand stone, and a cheap regular pump.

[michael007]

looks good.. thats a lovely shade of green.... ;)

[SantaMonica]

You should have seen how happy the goldfish was when he got inside the container.

[michael007]

Has there been any insight to the effects of the bubbles rising in freshwater vs saltwater.. I imagine there would be a difference due to water density...

[SantaMonica]

No.

[RkyRickstr]

Why the spotlight vs regular cfl.

[SantaMonica]

To get all the light onto the screen.

[kerry]

Its a small screen, reflectors dont fair as well on the small screen as the light spills off of the screen. The spotlight CFL gets more of the light onto the screen.

[RkyRickstr]

if you wanted to make it two sided.. just get a mirror and drop it in there?

[SantaMonica]

Yep.

[detigerf]

For the test, did you use only one light?

[SantaMonica]

Yes, the one bulb. On ones before this I did various setups, but no pics of them.

[SoundUser]

Doesnt all the air bubbles cause a scum on the water surface? (Like a skimmer)

[SantaMonica]

None that I saw, or see now.

[Garf]

None that I saw, or see now.

Mines slightly different as I have bucket loads of micro bubbles, but I get no scum either.

[dryworm]

have you tried your other design? the one that is diagonal and in the corner of the sump. would you say corner one is more effective than the design you did in this thread even if a reflector was placed on the other side. wondering if it is worth getting the second bulb instead of using just one.

[SantaMonica]

I've tried them all. The corner is better because it is 2-sided, and 2-sided is always better. However you can do 2-sided with one bulb if you use reflectors.

[acorral]

Ey SantaMonica !!!! any news on the new design release for this month ????

[SantaMonica]

Here...
http://algaescrubber.net/forums/showthread.php?1687-The-new-Upflow-Algae-Scrubber-(UAS)&p=21441#post21441

[Garf]

Link bust, then worked, now bust again - unless it's me. I like these types or designs where almost anyone can have a go at copying one.