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Thanks Morgan. Sounds like I'm sold on going with LEDs on the scrubber.

Got most of the water spray controlled to where there is little salt water scum build up on the glass in between the light and the screen now.

I finally got the courage to test the water for...

Ace - Can you or someone who also might know comment on the amount of heat that is generated by the LED's vs. T5HO, specifically the heat being projected in the same direction as the light?

Good article, Thank you. This quote is from the article "As a rule, you should never buy an LED grow light unless each LED has an output of 1 Watt." I wonder how true this is?

Looks good. I'd like to know if those lights work for you. Keep us posted. =)

kerry- who sells the 2700k bulbs? Are they better than the 3000k bulbs?

After researching this site most people are using a 3000k T5HO which is known as a red bulb. Most Hydroponic stores carry them. As far as the LED color there are some great threads here which talk...

Thanks again. I can work on that tonight and see if we can get it under control.

It looks like backing the lights away from the glass about 1" kept the glass cooler and didn't create the salt scum from the heat last night. But the ATS screen has even more red algae today.
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Thanks again for the feedback Santa.

The light fixture is 12"x24" with 4x T5 lights so making the screen smaller shouldn't help solve the underpowered light problem since the screen size is...

Thanks Santa. I was hoping it would have been something else. Back to the drawing board. =)

It's been a few days since my first screen cleaning and now the screen has red, brown, and green colored algae on it. I am concerned about the red algae and I have been trying to research what red...

Kerry...I'm glad to hear that it looks like it's working and I hope yours continues to prosper as well. I can't tell you all how much we hated the noise of all the different skimmer's, the smell of...

Thanks for the compliments Kerry.

Here is a couple photos of the first weeks algae. I hope it's still on track for success because I do not miss my skimmer days at all. ...

It's been running for a couple days now. Everything is running smooth with the ATS.

Being new to this is it normal for the screen to coated in a light brownish-green color with a few small...

My name is Spencer and I decided to try out the ATS system on my 80 gallon tank since you all have had so much success with your ATS. I'm looking for both positive and negative feedback from this...

Thanks for the heads up.

Thanks everyone. Supposedly "Floyd R Turbo" gets his for $4 in bulk. I hope he can chime in with his source too.

I keep reading that some of you are able to get T5HO bulbs (Red Plantmax 3000k) for about $4 per bulb when bought in bulk. Can someone tell me where I can get this kind of deal?

Thank you