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12/15 - Haven't really messed or checked levels with my 180 lately just letting the algae grow.

90G - Did another 50% water change today and cleaned the screen for the 2nd time (about 13 days...

12/13 - The algae problem was awful in the 90G tank so I did a 50% water change last night. Brought nitrates down to about 20PPM. I'll probably do another 50% tomorrow.

My 75G remains steady at...

12/11 - Been about a week and all 3 of my scrubbers are up and running. Any input/advice would be great as some of the scrubbers seem to be doing ok, while some are complete failures so far.
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Thanks. My ball valve still has a lot of room to go so, I'll up the flow and keep everything else the same?

Move the light back? or lower the hours? I'm at 7PM-1PM(16hrs)

It's a 6" screen with 2 26w 2700K CFL's.

Scrubber #2 in the 90 Gallon shows a lot better growth. Here is 13 days and first cleaning.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/Murusashi/scrub.jpg...

12/2 - Finished my 3rd scrubber today for my 75G. Hard to track all these scrubbers ha.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/Murusashi/scrubber3.jpg

Tested Nitrates today for all 3 of my...

11/30 - Not sure if I'm supposed to make another thread for this but, I have a second scrubber that was started on 11/20. It's a 90 gallon and it's still waiting for it's first cleaning. If it makes...

11/30 - It's been 3 days and it got pretty dark so, I cleaned it again today.

Side1:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/Murusashi/SCRUB2.jpg

Side2:...

hmm only thing is that was literally a couple minutes after cleaning, though I did have a fish die last night so that might have been why...

Nitrates have gotten slightly worse since starting I think. :x

At least according the super accurate API kits /sarcasm

From 11/23 ~40PPM...

Start Date 11/11. first Cleaned on 11/23.

Sorry for keep asking the same questions, just want to make sure I'm doing this right.

3 days later 11/26. It's still pretty much the same dark green....

11/23

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/Murusashi/B36859F0-5A4A-46CB-B7AA-9619A140072D-6184-00000B833FECCA19.jpg

Hopefully or goes green soon. I was scared top completely clean it off so I...

11/23 Day 12

Should I clean just one side? Or leave it till it hits the 21 day mark?

It looks black on camera but, it looks more like a dark green to me in real life.

I finally got around...

11/20

A couple days later. I believe this is Day 9. Seems to be growing more on the bottom part of the screen.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/Murusashi/photo2.jpg...

Day 7. I took these pictures with my iPhone. At least in my opinion it looked more brown in real life but, staring at those CFL's really did a number on my eyes.

I did take some pieces of hair...

Hello All,

So I've already built one scrubber for my 180 gallon system that has a sump. I have 2 more tanks and a biocube that I need scrubbers for. None of which has a sump, so my next scrubbers...

Made a few changes last night.

I cut the plastic wrap so it doesn't cover the screen, just the top part before it comes together.

I also turned down the flow since it seemed to be spraying...

Ok, I will make that change. I also moved the lights down to a better angle.

For the time being if the saranwrap runs the length of the screen is that going to inhibit algae growth? Or I saw a...

ah ok, thanks! I was getting a scared there.

So it's been 2-3 days now and the screen looks exactly the same...

Yes it is. I tried to follow the non-slot method laid out by MorganAtlanta (http://algaescrubber.net/forums/showthread.php?1771-No-slot-alternative-for-vertical-scrubber)

It's wrapped around the...

Hello All,

I've been lurking and attempted to build a scrubber. My DIY skills are pretty bad but, I'd like a critique of my scrubber setup. The screen is 6" wide and it has drilled holes instead...