Since ATS was not a a success for me so far I even start getting low Ammonia and nitrite levels which I never had I decided to take new approach:
After cleaning of cleaning the screen using a razor...
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Since ATS was not a a success for me so far I even start getting low Ammonia and nitrite levels which I never had I decided to take new approach:
After cleaning of cleaning the screen using a razor...
I wonder what should be P & N levels so that green algae will grow?
I made whater changes and now N is 50 and P 0.1 but thereis bery little green algae.
It seems like green algae grow only after brown/red algae grow - I have two questions:
1. Is the red is Ciano and if so what should I do?
2. should I still clean the screen to bare or allow the...
the fan reduced the temprature inside the bucket - looks like algae grow faster at highr temprature which makes sense - most plants grow during the summer -assuming we are not making an algae soup ...
It's not just that it's less grow but it become whiter with signs of green algae - I suspect that dark algae does not like much light as green. Since it become whiter I suspect also actiivty of...
I believe so but lets wait for SM answer.
36 hours passed from last clean and it already full with thin layer of black / brown algae so I cleaned it again and there was relatively plenty to wash ...
Okay, I scraped it on both sides to the bare and washed it.
Does it mean that as long as black algae grow I will have to clean it often on both sides?
You must take a close look on the "clean" side to imagine the quantity of ugly black algae that was removed using a knife: lol:
Unfortenatly water parameter are the same yet.
Well, at least it didn't burn green but orange - I hope there is't any other toxic that orange indicates ;)
The 28w bulb are 6500, the 45w is 2100k, I couldn't find anything else. I can tell you...
1. It grow much faster in front of the bulb so doesn't it means that more light is better?
2. Adding co2 made huge difference, perhaps because I am using active carbon which affect co2 level.
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Is that the amounf of energy required to keep the grow - it's much above what other people using.
Also consider I am using co2.
Is this level of grow already requires cleaning or should I wait a...
Here is an update after using CO2 and 45w + 28W bulb (on one side where the pic from) I found it disspointing.
I am using empty bottle to protect the bulb.
I think the reason that there was no algae growth but brown species because it did not exist in the water. Bringing some algae from the sea helps and I can see same hair algae growin now in front of...
Here is an updated picture you can see clearly that broun algae grow where is less light andgreen where is more light but yet - very little.
Is anyone knows if algae can take advantage of carbon...
well the reason fo rsuch level of nitrate is previous implementation on DSB that failed.
Now there is only a thin layer, fish are okay since it raised slowly and I am not adding anything until it...
yes it's lighting all the time - thank you very much for this input,I will turn it of for 8 hours.
Ther is very little green algae now.
Since my ATS is not well aired, I would like to know your opinion about this idea - using the pump's venturi for air injection inject together with the water.
I found some artice claiming turf...
Okay - thank you for bringing this graet idea to practice.
One important lesson I learned is that it's important to make a "backup hole" or even better few in differents heights so that if the...
No - it's just that I had to cut the screen a bit narow in the bottom.
Here is the water flow
It's sort of plastic canvas. The green algae brough from the sea.
Here is what I did to get a clean slit:
1 - cut a narow slit clean as possible.
2 - using a file thick as you want the slit to be go over the first slit.
this will result clean and accurate...
Hi,
I installed AST in a bucket it's not white but covered with reflective cover inside and 4x flurocent bulbs of 28 Watt 1250 Lumen each one. ( two on each side).
The screen width is 10 inches...