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What is your lighting above your main display? I had a problem with algae in my cichlid display until i switched over to led lighting (ecoxotic Panorama module x2). I used to run a compact florescent...

As i was saying, I did not have any green until I switched my lights to a 24/7 photoperiod, I did not know you would have the same results but i am glad you did :). I suspect that once your nitrates...

Ok so how the algae is acting now is newish. lol that was what i was asking. I also assume that it may be a different species but you could be right about it being one of the additives causing it to...

exactly and i need the best filtering i can get considering my screen is one sided. haha :)

Has your screen always had this type of algae then?

Hey chris, how old was your screen when your algae turned into this algae that peels off?

My screen submerged in about 4 inches of water in a Rubbermaid container fed by my overflow (estimating 900gph with head loss). I have a red kessil h150 about 4-5inches above the surface of the water...

Do keep in mind that my screen is submerged and horizontal, it isn't a waterfall like yours. I don't know if this makes a difference.

That is what I thought, ive tried 12hrs, 16hrs, 19hrs, 21hrs, and the more hours I went up the more algae would produce, but i didnt get gha until i said screw it and took my light off the timer, now...

I originally started by using a compact florescent in my submerged horizontal and it would grow a very light amount of gha but mostly brown. I have since switched to a red kessil h150, with this...

Hello. I am wondering how old your scrubber screens are, and at about what age did they change their properties?

Hello.
I just wanted to put in some input comparing your results to mine as far as growth is concerned. I have been running a freshwater scrubber for about three months now, originally it was a uas...