KIDULT
01-13-2010, 02:37 PM
Hello All Algaescrubber fans!
This is my first topic on this forum. I'm from Poland. My English isn't perfect, so i'm sorry for any language mistakes. I set algaescrubber 2 months ago. I built it in my new system 150 gallon total volume. It runs skimmerless all the time (2 months from start). I have read the FAQ. I built my scrubber by "one square inch for one gallon water of system volume" and "35 gallon/hour of flow for one inch of length of net". My fish: 3 surgeons (max 3 inch long), 4 chromis viridis, 2 blenna, one six line wrasse, 2 ocellaris.
My scrubber:
http://images38.fotosik.pl/220/d81c47130b6405fdmed.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)
lighting: 3 x 24W
http://images42.fotosik.pl/136/215ed6f97ade557bmed.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)
http://images44.fotosik.pl/229/dc1af75bec87dc27med.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)
flow:
http://images48.fotosik.pl/229/cb6d3cab71b9c9b5med.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)
http://images36.fotosik.pl/116/e67a1254078928d2med.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)
http://images50.fotosik.pl/229/baab9fd99e253a71med.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)
Foto period in my scrubber is 18 hours ON/ 6 hours OFF. NO3 was always undetectable, but one week ago it was o.1mg/l (hanna)
There are brown dense algae growing on my algaescrubber. I scrape my scrubber one time a week.
I suppose that, i did something wrong, because it's running for more than 2 months and PO4 is 0,34mg/l (hanna).
Could You check my set up and tell me what is wrong? I'd be very glad.
Kindest Regards
KIDULT
This is my first topic on this forum. I'm from Poland. My English isn't perfect, so i'm sorry for any language mistakes. I set algaescrubber 2 months ago. I built it in my new system 150 gallon total volume. It runs skimmerless all the time (2 months from start). I have read the FAQ. I built my scrubber by "one square inch for one gallon water of system volume" and "35 gallon/hour of flow for one inch of length of net". My fish: 3 surgeons (max 3 inch long), 4 chromis viridis, 2 blenna, one six line wrasse, 2 ocellaris.
My scrubber:
http://images38.fotosik.pl/220/d81c47130b6405fdmed.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)
lighting: 3 x 24W
http://images42.fotosik.pl/136/215ed6f97ade557bmed.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)
http://images44.fotosik.pl/229/dc1af75bec87dc27med.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)
flow:
http://images48.fotosik.pl/229/cb6d3cab71b9c9b5med.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)
http://images36.fotosik.pl/116/e67a1254078928d2med.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)
http://images50.fotosik.pl/229/baab9fd99e253a71med.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)
Foto period in my scrubber is 18 hours ON/ 6 hours OFF. NO3 was always undetectable, but one week ago it was o.1mg/l (hanna)
There are brown dense algae growing on my algaescrubber. I scrape my scrubber one time a week.
I suppose that, i did something wrong, because it's running for more than 2 months and PO4 is 0,34mg/l (hanna).
Could You check my set up and tell me what is wrong? I'd be very glad.
Kindest Regards
KIDULT