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question, what did you use to house the screen? i havent been on here for a while. do you have a build thread by any chance?

ok thanks i'll just stick it out then and see what happens.

I just lost a very nice mini colony of branching setosa that ive had for over 7 months. my water is excellent besides the phosphates and...

ok.

phosphates are down to 0.08 but the algae on the rock and sand is still overwhelming and looks bad. it gets progressively worse as the day goes on until lights out.

some people have...

Thanks

okie dokie will do. Also the second screen has ripped 3" near the bottom about half way across. This is warping the screen a bit and i'm sure its hindering scrubbing power.

My question is:

1)...

1. Its terrible on the sandbed, as well. I have to sift daily or its horrible looking.

2. algae is all over the overflow box, like it attracts it or something. The large mexican turbo snails and...

forgot to add the link, oops....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5oTs9hSRrI

posted a video on youtube of the kind of algae issues i am having.

What else can I do do get rid of this stuff?

Also I am having a bad luck keeping zoanthids and mushrooms (besides the green...

Will the algae growing on the scrubber remove Silicates?

super nice setup. Love it.

new tidbit of info.

brown algae mess keeps coming back every few days if I dont blow it off with a turkey baster.

traced it back to WTH could I be doing wrong?

new bulbs- check
new light...

update:

got water tested yesterday. other than Kent Marine Iron and Magneese i havent been dosing anything.

Mag. - 1680 (high...)
Nitrate - 0.2 (YAY!)
Calcium - 500
Alk. - 7.2
Phosphate -...

HELP

I ended up staying out of town for a little over 2 weeks. I got back to a DT filled with brown algae all over the sand (and a lot of the rocks), and a brown stringy mess on the back glass.
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coraline growth has been slow but steady since I first started to notice it 2 weeks ago.

I feed twice a day, generous pinch of flakes and 1 small cube of omnivors diet frozen. im thinking of just...

Very nice setup! I also love the counter-top tiles :)

Still having issues with stringy like brown algae in the DT. I have to blow it off of the corals or it suffocates them, any suggestions? Here are some pics. I dont know what portions are die-off...

he stopped posting like 6 months ago, i'll PM you a link to get in contact with a guy who can put you in contact with him. Do you know him personally, Chris? Man I would LOVE to meet that guy!

:D

ok, pics of the scrubber today and of the harvest.

4/3/2011

I added Kent Marine Iron and Magnese about 4 days ago because some of the algae was yellowing on the screen. the iron took care of...

how many watts should I upgrade to and how far away from the screen should the bulbs be so as not to burn it?


thanks :D


I'm getting a new job soon and my next investment will be a...

anything else you think I could upgrade on my screen to make it better? this diatom bloom is really ugly :) all corals are doing well though. only the frogspawn is a little unhappy, and my undata...

updates of algae harvest today. its about double the size i harvested last week.

i have an insane amount of diatoms everywhere in my tank though, sand, rocks, some corals.... anything i can...

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj198/wavecookies/DSCF6116.jpg


http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj198/wavecookies/3-02-2011.jpg

sorry about the crappy picture, it was taken with my camera phone. I'll get more pics of the tank and scrubber later today with my cam :D

Finally moved the tank and everything is settled.

It has been a week after the move, and ive had quite a bit of die-off in the tank. A lot of coraline has died, and the scrubber had a bit of a...

Chris you rock.


This is Cindy (Fraggle) btw :D

ok thanks. Ive been just pulling until i realized this little trick. Diddnt realize it would hinder the progress of the scrubber. I'll quit doing it now!

Thanks :D

update of growth on the second new screen

Pic taken today 2/4/11


http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj198/wavecookies/0204111117.jpg


I feed 2 cubes of rods food daily. I'm going to start...

I have a friend with a 225 gallon tank, mixed reef. he wants the same results, what size screen would be good for him? he has about 300 gallons of water total in the system. Also what size pump do...

Pictures of upgraded scrubber.

pvc upgraded from 1/2" to 3/4"
slit in pvc widened
screen turned in order to fit 1 refector per screen
new screen added
2 more bulbs and reflectors added

I...

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question.

what size PVC pipe should I be using? Im about to go out and buy another PVC pipe to make a taller/longer scrubber.

I think I have 1/4" now, maybe 1/2 not exactly sure as I'm not near...

I just realized that the bulbs are 23 watts each. So I will still need 2 on each side?

I was thinking about raising the whole setup slightly higher, this will give me enough room with the...

:D

ok thanks :D

-Cindy

"From the screen, or from the pipe?"

- from the pipe at the top, I was looking at the rest of your sight about light blockers with a simple pvc design, I will start to use one after the...

ok, 10 days after my last post and I have a few questions and some updates...

1. water sprays in little streams slightly sideways from the screen. Should I, A. turn the flow up (which causes more...

Thanks Santamonica :D

Hey all,

Ive been lurking the forum for the past few months now, read a lot of info. on here, and I finally set up a scrubber.

Tank is a 90 gallon mixed reef with SPS, a few LPS, and softies. 6...