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  1. Thread: Photo Period

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    Re: Photo Period

    The phos will raise due to them dying and releasing it back in the water. and from them decaying(I assume.) But, depending on how maure your scrubber is, it should take up the slack and what you have...
  2. Thread: Photo Period

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    Re: Photo Period

    It's like this brown stringy slimy lookin stuff imagine slimy dirt in a way(phos gunk), I sucked out a bunch of it out a while ago. SM, that is the complete opposite about DT lighting than I hear...
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    Re: Beer can refectors

    Great, thanks man.
  4. Thread: Photo Period

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    Re: Photo Period

    Try 6hrs at first and see if that gives any ill effects. Little steps are better than giant leaps. I run that at the moment due to my HA and cyano which is slowly receeding and the phos gunk is...
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    Beer can refectors

    How would someone go about amking these. I get the split it open and make a half moon shape, but what would be a good effective opening sizewise? I have 92w of flood bulbs and want to go to the curly...
  6. Thread: HAIR ALGAE

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    Re: HAIR ALGAE

    Ok cool, here is the worst rock, there is some cyano throughout the tank, but not at epidemic proportions yet. Also, I never got the black oily algae, I got the brown, some red, and darker green hair...
  7. Thread: HAIR ALGAE

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    HAIR ALGAE

    I have noticed that hair algae is coming on strong since I started my scrubber. I have cleaned it a couple times in the past month, and got a decnt amount off of the screen. It started out as a few...
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    Re: maintenance and lighting

    sorry about being late to reply. Thank you guys for the info.
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    maintenance and lighting

    I got my scrubber running and it's growing in nicely. when I go to clean the screen, do I just run it under tap water or ro water?

    I have 4 23w flood bulbs lighting the screen(2 on each side) I...
  10. Thread: first scrubber

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    Re: first scrubber

    Or could I have the water enter at the center of the pipe? Have a tee at the center of the slot?
  11. Thread: first scrubber

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    first scrubber

    After reading for months and the help of a few, my wife and I built the scrubber, it is a vertical design with a 10x13 screen for a 125g tank. It is fed with a 1000gph pump. I am not getting flow...
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