when should i see the GREEEEEEEn

[FreshySalty]

What type of information can I give someone that can give me a rough estimate on when I will see algae

[RkyRickstr]

Tank params
Screen size
Screen age
Screen flow
Screen lighting.

[FreshySalty]

150gal. Four 8in Pacu
Nh3: 0ppm
NO2: 0ppm
Nh3: 20ppm
Ph: 7.6
Hareness: 250ppm
Alkaliney: 230ppm

Water is clean

[FreshySalty]

Oh man for the the main part.
12x4
2 air stones 1in

In my main tank FW with air bubbles

[SantaMonica]

Green usually takes 2 to 10 weeks.

[duganderson]

In order to get it to work faster, would it help to rub in hair algae into the screen and NOT rinse it off so there are visible pieces of algae on the screen?

OR does this defy the reef concept of all good things happen slowly?

[Floyd R Turbo]

You can try that. Sometimes is all washes away, but if your screen is rough enough, some will stay attached. It still takes time for the algae to attach (anchor) to the screen, and you really can't speed that up. So 'seeding' the screen really just gets the filtering process started, but the curing process still takes time. What I mean is that you might grow algae that filters but it is very weakly attached to the screen. It might speed up the process a bit - but not much overall.