7days:What does the color of this algae tell me?

[-MR2-]

After the first 7 days, what does this color algae mean? Its closer to black than a golden "diatom" brown.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/mikerodriguez4787/C5F16203-60D4-4F75-9C7D-9A937E58F652-10456-000005832CE6A754.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/mikerodriguez4787/3A005495-A1BC-421C-94C8-3F5BAFDAA551-10456-00000583392EB24C.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/mikerodriguez4787/1B94C03B-5816-430B-BDDE-EC53B782FC1D-10456-0000058348A659C1.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/mikerodriguez4787/77B4FBCB-9AED-4967-8787-D2D0B2595BBB-10456-000005837A3B249F.jpg

[SantaMonica]

Normal.

Let go 14 days.

[-MR2-]

What do u mean by let it go?

[rleahaines]

You need to give the scrubber time to get up and running. From your pictures, you are getting what most folks get in the first week with a new scrubber.

[-MR2-]

Should clean every three days or continue waiting the normal 7?

[SantaMonica]

Why would you choose 3 days?... it is not black.

Go 14 days.

[-MR2-]

Will do! I'll post the result of 14 days without a cleaning.

[-MR2-]

Hey guys!

I had to make a quick adjustment to the scrubber today because I could hear squirting coming from the ATS. After stopping the squirting I snapped a picture of it. It is alittle early, not 14 days yet, but i didnt clean it and wanted to show where it has gone in 10 days without cleaning.

It has a good amount of green yellow and red/purple-ish short hair algae growing on it.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/mikerodriguez4787/A5B2280D-FEF5-4071-A38E-805AE11D4C27-879-00000059EA778DC4.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/mikerodriguez4787/0B9ABC64-105E-454B-B904-78C3062A139F-879-00000059DFA2F164.jpg

[SantaMonica]

Looks good.

[-MR2-]

Some of the spots that look darker brown are actually a grren color in the light... Its not looking very green... Is this color of algae ok for 14 days?

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/mikerodriguez4787/EFAC5083-FAB6-4658-8C88-6451393E02B2-2704-000000FB7FB63708.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/mikerodriguez4787/E517C135-D7DE-4079-B16A-8D957E1C6E29-2704-000000FB6DAFC675.jpg

[-MR2-]

I also noticed that the back of this screen, because its one sided, has more green because there less light and therefore less "nutrients"... Is this correct?

[SantaMonica]

No.

From looking at the pics, I'd say the light is weak. However clean it and wait another 14 days.