New upflow Algae Scrubber

[Tom]

Hi SM what you think about my new upflow algae scrubber?




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in the weekend i´ll post some pics showing the growth.

Thanks for your help.

[SantaMonica]

Love the strings :)

[Tom]

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[Tom]

Hi SM is everything ok with you?
Look some pics of the growth.

What you think?

[SantaMonica]

What material did you use for strings?

[Tom]

I don't know what material it is.
But i'll try to discover.
Wy are you making this question?
there are a special material for the string?

[SantaMonica]

It appears no growth on the strings.

[Tom]

Yes, the algae is growing in the strings specially in the botton.
and in the middle there are some spots of algae.

I am running this scrubber for 3 weeks and I only have 4 clown fishs in this tank, for this reason I am not feeding so much the system.

Do you have any suggestion to improve it?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Best regards.

[SantaMonica]

Yes, feed twice as much.

[Tom]

Hi Santa Monica how are you?

i would like to here your opinion about this growth.

light: 14 hours/ day



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[SantaMonica]

Hi Tom welcome back. We are good.

You probably can do 18 to 20 hours of light. Also it looks like the bubbles are more on the left side of the picture, and not enough on the right side. Maybe you can adjust them.

Clean it all out with a toothbrush and see how it looks in 10 days.

[Tom]

Good morning SM.

Thanks for reply.
I made the changes you sugested -18hour / day of light. Let us see how it will be in 10 days.

About the bubbles, i think it is igual all over the screen. I think that the difference we see in the pic is becouse the last time i cleaned only the right side of the screen. Can it be the reasson?

Thanks a lot.

[SantaMonica]

Yes.

[Tom]

Hi Santa Monica are you ok.

What You think about this growth?
What can i do to improve?



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[SantaMonica]

Welcome back. Looks like it is growing well, and pulling lots of nutrients out of the water.

You need more light, and longer hours of light.

Brush out good, more often, to remove the dark growth.

[Tom]

Hi SM how are you?
I really need your help.
My UAS dosn't work well no matter what i do, so I decided to start it again

My new configuration is:

Screen: 12cmX22cm =264 square cm
Light: 27 leds 660nm
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-100PCS-3W-Deep-RED-650nm-660nm-LED-Plant-Glow-Light-Bead-with-20mm-Star-Base/321788397858?hash=item4aec154922:m:mmkBG27l_tUsBuC oB2jMMtA
Photoperiod: 18 hour on 6 hour off
Air pump: 3,6 L/H
Aquarium: sumpless, skimmerless, no mecanical filtration, no water change.
5 little fishs
Corals: trumpet. Carpet green and brow, kenya , green star polips. And others
I have a lot of brown algae all over my rocks, and i need to clean my glass every 3 days.



Questions.
Is that configuration good?
27 x 3w leds is good or very strong?
My glass is 10mm, it makes any differrence or have bad influence in algae growth?
Any sugstion to improve my UAS?

Please help me.

Next sunday i'll make my first cleaning in this new uas, so i'll post the pics

[SantaMonica]

Sounds like too much light, for a new screen. Cover half the lights with a black cloth, and check growth in 1 week.

[Tom]

Hi SM are you ok?

some update of my UAS
Screen: 7,5cm x 22cm
Light: 9x 660nm and 3 royal blue - 18 hour on 6 hour off.
Growth: 7 DAYS


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Thanks a lot

[SantaMonica]

Time to brush the screen clean. Is it growing more now?

[Tom]

Good morning SM.
Yes i think its growing a little bit longer, and very separated each portion of algae.
Do you think it's good to let it grown for more than 7 days?
12 x 660nm leds is enough?
Thanks again

[SantaMonica]

Brush it clean now, and clean out the screen holes. Also if you can, put a white piece of plastic behind the screen, to reflect light to the back side.

You have enough LED, yes.

[Tom]

Hi SM how are you

Some updating of my UAS

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what is Your opinion?

[SantaMonica]

Very nice. Try to get bubbles on entire screen.

[Tom]

HI SM.

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Before Cleaning:
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After Cleaning:
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[SantaMonica]

Perfect.

[Tom]

Hi SM.
Week 4

In my tank
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After cleaning
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Outside my tank
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Algae
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Thanks a lot for you help

[SantaMonica]

Looking great!

[SantaMonica]

Here's an update on what some people do in crowded sumps: Put 2 scrubbers side by side. In this case, it's 2 larger HOG scrubbers®. This has the advantage of letting you clean/harvest one, while letting the other one continue to grow/filter.

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