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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    Day 12:
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    Day 11:
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    Day 10: Increasing spots of green

    things are starting to take off. Wonder if it has more to do with time, or the addition of the live stock. Either way I'm happy. Water parameters remain on the OK...
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    Re: Looking for a scrubber for 10g

    6x5 double sided would be rock solid if built right. The one I made for the last 55g was 3x sized and I swear you could just about pee in the tank and it wouldn't flinch.LOL

    I made a scrubber for...
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    Day 8: Added one small fish.

    Day 9: Spots of green

    Misc but sparse green dots randomly on the screen.
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    Day 8: light brown
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    Cooler for pico aquarium

    I have a sealed 1.6gallon pico aquarium. at 74 degrees F ambient its running 84+. I was contemplating using a peltier cooler to make a cooling unit for it. Either cutting a hole in the side of the...
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    Day 7: washed off most of the light brown
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    DAY 6: light brown same as day 5
  10. Re: Who are you on other sites, and how did you find this one?

    I'm on Nano-reef.com as Gigaah. I spend a lot of time in the lighting and pico forum but general as well.

    I found this site a couple years ago while I was setting up my 55 gallon tank. Searching...
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    Good point. That would probably be better. In my case this is a one sided application so it will serve my particular purpose.

    As I said before I only really did it because the concept sounded...
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    The picture just makes it look thick. At worst its twice as thick as a normal screen.. but probably not even that thick.
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    I have not weighted it. I suppose I could when I clean it....

    Its fairly light. Certainly not heavy enough to be concerned about weight. The algae growth on a mature screen far exceeds the weights...
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    Day 4: Definitely some yellow greenish color specs on the screen
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    Day 3. Nothing. I seem some specs in the screen. But i'm not sure if its algae or just particulate.
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    Day 2. Zero growth
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    I could do that. However I'm using LED lights and at this point the general consensus is that my light should include red. I'm all warm white. So that will impact the situation. It will be difficult...
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    Unknown. A stiff bristled brush might do the trick...I guess I will find out in the coming weeks.
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    Yes. That is baked in to regular plastic #7 canvas. It is very much melted into the canvas. I scraped it with a putty knife not much more than dust came off. I even hit it with a hammer. I am pretty...
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    Re: Pics of pico (sub nano) scrubber

    Here is the screen I think I'm going to use. Baked fine aragonite sand into a standard nylon craft screen. I think it will work great..and It was a lot less work.
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    Here you go. 450 Degrees F. for 20 minutes.

    I used a baking pan. layer of fine aragonite sand. screen down. cover screen in sand. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove..press down..run water over it and...
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    Pics of pico (sub nano) scrubber

    I posted a link to my build. But I figured I'd post the pictures of the scrubber here just for this site. The screen effective area is roughly 4"x4". Currently going to try out 7 1w warm white LED...
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    Re: Building a new acrylic scrubber

    Yeah I didn't have much of a limit on space when that one was being built. So was able to go really cheap. My new pico scrubber however I am VERY limited on space. So much so I have to head down the...
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    Re: Building a new acrylic scrubber

    Apparently great minds think alike. Here is a picture of a scrubber I built but never used. Its about 12x12. My lights are oriented differently tho. I used magnetic cabinet latches to hold the light...
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    I think it would be better technically. coral sand is more porous than the nylon screen.

    However I'm not sure if it would be better in practice..or better enough to make much difference. I got a...
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    Re: Anyone know if this has been tried?

    I didn't really get that far into the idea. It was just more to represent the concept i just drew it up in Google sketch-up quick. I'm sure a little thought would yield a good solution.

    you could...
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    Re: wow glad I found this site

    As long as you can feed both screens with light and water thats fine
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    Re: Anyone know if this has been tried?

    I like the idea of trying to find another method to get water on the screen. Pipes are hands down the easiest thing but they are not perfect.

    The basic idea can be adpated to a 2 sided design....
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    Re: wow glad I found this site

    I think the easiest route to go would be making it 8L x 10H

    This way you can shade the top inch(so the slot doesn't grow over) and have the bottom inch in water. You will have an effective screen...
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    Re: idea on screen roughness

    I like the idea of baking it in agronite. If I knew for sure what type of plastic it was I could tell you what temp to set the oven at. Its probably nylon so about 270 degrees F..if its HDPE about...
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    link to scrubbed pico build thread

    http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.p ... try3431793
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    Re: ATS air out design

    Well there is one thumbs up for the scrubber effectiveness from someone who should really know. Nice link.
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    reccomended algae scrubber cycle procedure?

    I understand the oppinions and methods or normal cycleing. Do you guys think starting with a scrubber changes things? Do you want to introduce nutrients to the tank to grow the algae and beef up the...
  34. Re: Need help! Making a nano(pico) sized LED scrubber singleside

    Well not quite "ultra" violet. More like violet. 405nm. Catch some of the volet range that you get from metal hailide lights that leds are lacking. True ultra violet leds are uber expensive anyhow.
  35. Re: Need help! Making a nano(pico) sized LED scrubber singleside

    Thanks for the specs on your light set up. That will give me a base line for what I'm doing.

    Yes the part about anchoring the screen does make sense. in fact the overflow design was specifically...
  36. Re: Need help! Making a nano(pico) sized LED scrubber singleside

    Thats not a bad idea. I was worried from a previous post by another experienced LED user that 9w was going to be too much. If I get more I could add red as some have suggested. I might be ordering...
  37. Re: Need help! Making a nano(pico) sized LED scrubber singleside

    I think due to the highly focused nature of LED's using the 1w per sq inch is too much from what I understand. using a single sided screen its recommended 2sq" per gallon..and I'm all about overkill...
  38. Re: Need help! Making a nano(pico) sized LED scrubber singleside

    I had already determined evaporation would be an issue. So my design will be sealed to prevent it. I also was thinking of puttting a very small bottle upside down in the scrubber area. So when the...
  39. Need help! Making a nano(pico) sized LED scrubber singleside

    So I got myself into the whole Pico reef frenzy. I'm planning on building a 1.5g Pico(10Lx6x6). due to aesthetics I'm going to have to go with a single sided screen. I do plan on hanging the screen...
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    Re: How do I get even screen flow?

    it will take some time
  41. Re: Here is ROUGH google sketch up pics of my breeder design

    slow progress but its moving along when I get the time. I make the light panels removable.

    [attachment=0:249mg3et]IMG_3229.JPG[/attachment:249mg3et]...
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    Re: Scrubber not worknig??......

    If it grows really fast and its oversized your nutrients are pretty high. I recommend cleaning both sides every 3-5 days. Again with out pics of growth at X days its hard to tell. At least clean one...
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    Re: My bucket v1.0

    Well constructed.

    My suggestion is if your making a reflector.

    Make it so the light from the end of the bulb is reflected forward towards the screen. A substantial portion of the bulbs output...
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    Re: Light

    I'm not sure if the used watts of the LED is a perfect indicator. I'm assuming that a 3w led that puts out 100lm runs hotter than a 3w LED that puts out 300 lumens simply because more of the energy...
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    Re: Light

    It does that too. But it really came about as a cost saving measure.
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    Re: Light

    Interesting idea. water in both ends. Have you tried this/seen the results rygh?

    If I can use roughly the same wattage per sq inch and use just warmwhite I could light a 10x15 vertical double...
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    Re: Light

    Yes, It would have an impact. Obviously you'd have two seperate screens seperated by 2-3 inches(due to the "T" piece). I don't know for sure if it would be helpful or makes matters worse to be honest...
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    Re: SM Bucket inspired scrubber

    I'm curious how this one works out. Mainly interested in how effective that reflector is.
  49. Re: Here is ROUGH google sketch up pics of my breeder design

    Well I've been really busy with work 65+hrs a week. Not to mention the fact that apparently no brick and mortar ANYWHERE in the area carries acrylic weld(weld-on or anything). SO I took a trip to the...
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    Re: Light

    Hey Rygh can you give me a quick idea as to the lumens or atleast wattage of LED you used over what sq in area?
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