Good evening how are you Santa Monica?
I hope you`re good.
last week growth, how is it going?
before cleaning
https://youtu.be/PVh3sSuHL5w
After Cleaning
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Good evening how are you Santa Monica?
I hope you`re good.
last week growth, how is it going?
before cleaning
https://youtu.be/PVh3sSuHL5w
After Cleaning
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Hi how are ya?
Last week growth
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZcRLSJYtQ4w?feature=share
What you think?
light on 1 side of the screen.
Hi how are ya?
There is one thing that i noticed now, i have some brown algae im my rocks and cyano, and this algae was decreasing but after screen cleaning they start to increase again, and after 3...
Hi Santa Monica how are ya? hope you are very well.
I`d like to show ya how my algae scrubber is going.
Light covered
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Water Flow
https://youtu.be/wvxgF7kK6yI
Screen before Cleaning
Happy saturday for you too. this is how my screen is now.
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3 weeks running.
Hi santa Monica how are ya?
Thanks again for your support.
This are some pics of my scrubber, do you think i should keep this way, or should i cover only one side?
ATS with covered lights
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Hi thanks a lot for your help. I put a Sheet of clear plastic wrap as you suggested, and the bobbles reduced a lot. Thanks
Now please can you help me with others things.
First: my new scrubber...
Hi Santa Monica how are ya doing? I hope everything is ok with you all.
Can you help me?
I built a waterfall algae scrubber and i placed it above the tank but i am having problem with micro bubble...
Hi SM.
Week 4
In my tank
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After cleaning
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Outside my tank
HI SM.
Week 3
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Before Cleaning:
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Hi SM how are you
Some updating of my UAS
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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?...
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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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...
Hi Santa Monica are you ok.
What You think about this growth?
What can i do to improve?
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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...
Hi Santa Monica how are you?
i would like to here your opinion about this growth.
light: 14 hours/ day
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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...
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?
Hi SM is everything ok with you?
Look some pics of the growth.
What you think?
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Hi SM what you think about my new upflow algae scrubber?
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Hi SM what you think about my new upflow algae scrubber?
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http://m.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-3W-Deep-Red-660nm-High-Power-LED-Bead-20mm-Star-PCB-Base-for-Growth-DIY-/331144118031?nav=SEARCH
Or this one here.
3w x 14 leds each scrubber
http://m.ebay.com/itm/10W-Deep-Red-660nm-Blue-440nm-7-2-LED-driver-Plant-Grow-Growth-lights-1PCS-/252004596878?nav=SEARCH
This one wil work?
4 each scrubber
Hi Santa Monica. good afternoon
I am on my way to build a bigger saltwater tank, 200x60x(45 or 50)cm.
and I saw some time ago in one post here that the best setup for a saltwater tank with only an...
what you think about this bulb?
https://www.amazon.com/White-3000k-Equivalent-Incandescent-Listed/dp/B00CX3TR1K
it will work in a scrubber?
how long can i use it?
thanks
I have in my sump a space of 22x30 cm. Where i want to place the upflow.
Good.
But there is any limitations in upflow? The amont of water in the tank shound be considered? How many 3w leds should i use? Red 660nm and royal blue?Screen size?
Thanks
i dont know if you need this information to help me with the upflow algae scrubber but here you go.
i have 73 gallon of water in my tank. and only 4 little fish but i wanna add more fish soon as...
Hi SM.
What is the best design, a waterfall or a upflow algae scrubber?
I am thinking about to change mine to save a space.
I have a waterfall.
If you can, say to me the positive and negative...
Hi Santa Monica, its me again. lol
i was looking for the reasons why we can`t let the CFL bulbs more than 3 months and i do not figured it out.
what happen to a scrubber if we do that? what happen...
Santa monica good night.
How an algae scrubber works in fresh water?
There are some post with this matter?
What shound i know to make an scrubber works in fresh water.
Again thanks for the help...
Santa Monica, Good afternoon
Is this information below up to date?
Q: What advantages are there to wide screens? If a screen is narrow, but taller, and has the same area, isn’t it the same?
A:...
Only the bucket with water, without an algae scubber?
Hi Santa monica.
What an algae scrubber do in tap water?
Exemple: if a put only tap water in a tank and run an algae acrubber in it, can i use this water as top of water in a reef instead of RO...
How is it going now.
https://youtu.be/ytjTGebQu-Q
https://youtu.be/flPFjwi5De8
Thanks.
I have no space to put more light and my reflectors support only 2x25w bulbs.
can i change the flow or move my reflector closer?
How is it going now.
https://youtu.be/kzqyqReKMXA
Ok.
I put more 2x25w bulbs.
Shound i keep it the same 22 hours or back to 18?
Thanks for reply.
I am running my scrubber with 2 25w bulbs, one each side.
Would it be the case to put on more bulb each side?
If so what's the W of that bulbs?
Hi santa monica.
Now i am running my scrubber as you said 22 hours.
What should i see now? More green?
Some friends here in Brasil said that an algea scrubber
Can't suport a tank with many tang's...
And the 30w is good. 15 each side? Ou should i use 30w each side?
Thanks again. I want to change the cfl bulbs for this leds http://m.ebay.com/itm/10PCS-3W-RED-80lm-650nm-660nm-LED-Plant-Glow-Light-with-20mm-Star-Base-/321088886684?nav=SEARCH
What you think?...
Hi santa monica.
Fist of all i want to thank you for help me with my algea scrubber.
This is the result of my scrubber in the last week.
How is it going?
https://youtu.be/s_o-rurSg28
And this is...
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Some one knows what is that around my kenya tree?
Thanks
https://youtu.be/IzH5mfSdS-g
Hi SM, this is my 7 days growth after some changes.
How is it going now?
Looks like it is working now.
Thanks for reply.
Same time ago i read some thing here that said, if a person has a very big screen he can let it grown more time without cleaning is that true?
Or should i cut my screen and make...
Now i have 4 little fish. One week ago i put 4 little clown fish in the tank.
How long it take to start to grown green?