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I cleaned last night and it was all green underneath... weird. So I made sure it was all green, rubbed it over the holes and put it back :)

Day 104

It's gone a bit red this week... :(

But not yellow :)

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2013Q2/Day 104.jpg

Day 92

With some tinkering with the light (reducing it got rid of the yellow slime) and more air flow (the second UAS led light unit broke so now all the air is on the first UAS), I now have some...

Day 84

Can't remember if I mentioned, but nitrates are 1pm and PO4 was like 0.09. Very nice and low. Also, GHA is growing! Woop.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2013Q2/Day 84.jpg

Day 77

Still quite yellow... I've reduced the light time as advised but haven't purchased more 'flow' yet... :)

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2013Q2/Day 77.jpg

I'll be honest... I'm not testing. I started like every n00b does with lots and lots of testing. And now I don't! Bad, I know.

I do a water change every two weeks and I know how my levels used to...

Good morning, UAS fans

I measured my nitrates over the week end and am happy to say that it is between 1 and 2ppm! :) To remind you, it was between 10 and 15ppm at the start of all this.

It is...

Day 55

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2013Q2/Day 55.jpg

The red goo continues and bubbles of strange yellow. It's like the walls in the movie Alien.

Given it a clean!

It's already on 18 hours... I've wacked another hour on top of that.

Might as well just leave it on 24/7?! :)

Day 42

Six days since the last clean, and once more completely covered in some very strange 'goo'.

This is not the algae I was expecting? What is it?!

I guess I should clean this off and...

Day 39

Three days since last clean, the UAS is already starting to cover again. Seems to be with the same gooey substance. No picture because I've been busy with...

Day 1 (UAS 2)
I've got the...

Day 36

Thirteen days since last clean; which was the first clean!

This is before its second clean:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2013Q2/Day 36 (before clean).jpg

And this is of...

Day 34

Been 11 days since the first clean and it has developed this really gunky goo all over. I had to remove that piece from the air outlet as it was restricting flow.

Very thick, very gunky....

Well, day 30 to keep track of total time span on this method but yes also Day 7 of this new growth. :)

I presume you mean more air flow?

I have a Sera 110 litre per hour air pump. The pump is...

Day 30

One week on from the first clean:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2013Q2/Day 30.jpg

Day 23

The big clean! It was meant to be a couple of days ago but I'm a very busy person... :whistling:

I gave it a couple of firm scrapes with my usual tank cleaner edge. I went around the GHA...

Thank you for keeping track of my pictures!

I was wondering though, should I give it a thorough clean until I see holes again or just a single firm scrape over the top with a plastic card?
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Day 19

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2013Q2/20130331_163632.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2013Q2/20130331_163642.jpg

Day 15

Taken with a proper camera... but the colours are still hard to make out. I'd say it's a true reflection of the colour though, slightly on the dark side
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Day 13

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Okay - got a way to go yet then! I'll keep posting regular updates whilst I'm in this infancy stage :)

Only clean it once thick?

Day 12

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/NeoNero/20130324_164122_zps45cc78ae.jpg

Day 8

The edges are darkening and starting to grow out.

However, the middle looks quite white. Perhaps too much light??

Currently 18 hours.
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Day 3
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2013Q1/Day3.jpg


Day 4
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2013Q1/Day4.jpg


Currently on 18 hours of light since Day 2

Under advisement, I've moved the unit up to about half way up the height of the glass and also changed from 8 hours to 18 hours to kick start the algae.

Thanks :)

2 x 660nm reds

Hello

I just want somewhere to post my daily journal of UAS pictures and people can get inspiration, give tips, etc :thumbsup:

Basically, a friend of mine built this UAS suitable for my tank...