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    What I find interesting - in the past months, it...

    What I find interesting - in the past months, it WAS growing algae (and yes, the holes between the net were even filled up better than now) but it was just different type of algae. Indeed, it...
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    Hi Floyd, No, feeding habits are pretty much...

    Hi Floyd,
    No, feeding habits are pretty much the same, and the fish count also. The system is stocked quite heavily for the volume (about 65 US gallon), but I mainly feed live blackworms (which I...
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    P.S. Forgot to tell that the growth is only on...

    P.S. Forgot to tell that the growth is only on one side of the screen, the other side is bald. There is also some dence growth on the glass, which I have to scrape with the razor each time when I...
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    Well, it has been over a year since I last posted...

    Well, it has been over a year since I last posted here. During most of this time, I was getting very mediocre results with the UAS scrubber. I have been weighing the scraped and squeezed algae every...
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    It was the regular screen cleaning day today. ...

    It was the regular screen cleaning day today.

    Screen front before clean (note the amount of algae on the clear plastic sheet)
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    Thank you, Garf! Will try it both ways. My...

    Thank you, Garf!
    Will try it both ways.

    My concern is, the angel never touches anything floating in water (I even tried live baby endlers - strange that none of my fishes recognized them as food...
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    My screen is in the sump, they have no access to...

    My screen is in the sump, they have no access to it. My sump is on the same level as the display, its actually a section in the left of the tank. But they both nip on the algae growing on the glass...
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    Kerry, you are talking about an angel, don't you?...

    Kerry, you are talking about an angel, don't you?

    Mine is constantly picking something on the live rock, I can't see whether he is getting any real matter there. Whenever I feed, he hides...
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    Yeah, thank you, Santa. Will give this idea a...

    Yeah, thank you, Santa. Will give this idea a try. Will remove the clear sheets and instead will try to jam the screen between the side glass and the mirror: maybe half an inch between them, or so.
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    Hi Garf! Thank you so much for your advice! I...

    Hi Garf! Thank you so much for your advice! I have a regal tang which eats just everything! No problem at all.
    The problem is with the newly acquired regal _angel_ (Pygoplites diacanthus) who...
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    I missed my last week's report, but there was...

    I missed my last week's report, but there was nothing spectacular. Neither it is this time. It took me now about 10 days since my last cleaning. This time the algae are sort of reddish-brown color....
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    Thank you for the comment, Santa. Well, visually...

    Thank you for the comment, Santa.
    Well, visually there are lots of bubbles at the "bald-looking" vertical section of the screen. However looking at this week's first uncleaned photo, this is exactly...
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    OK, so my scrubber is just over 1 month old, and...

    OK, so my scrubber is just over 1 month old, and I cleaned the screen for the 4th time this Sunday.

    before clean:
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    Nope, not having lots of phosphate yet, just out...

    Nope, not having lots of phosphate yet, just out of the fear of it ;) My previous system suffered from lots of phosphate (had to feed lots of live tubifex worms to keep my dragonets happy). So now I...
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    OK, I cleaned the screen for the third time...

    OK, I cleaned the screen for the third time today.

    Screen before clean:

    http://reefcentral.ru/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=1483

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    OK, back to my system. I cleaned the screen for...

    OK, back to my system. I cleaned the screen for the second time today (day 17 since the scrubber inception, day 7 since last cleaning).

    Here are the pics:

    Before clean:
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    I do think that it looks pretty well for a fresh...

    I do think that it looks pretty well for a fresh screen that has never been used before.
    Any better examples of using a fresh screen in an UAS setup?

    Here is, for example, Floyd's screen on day...
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    My friend has just sent me the pics of the screen...

    My friend has just sent me the pics of the screen that he placed inside the Deltec MCE-300 skimmer a week ago. the screen was lit by a 23W compact-fluorescent bulb.

    I believe the result is very...
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    Yeah, thanks, Bud! Next week will be less...

    Yeah, thanks, Bud! Next week will be less vigorous in my attempts to clean the screen...
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    OK, today it was day 11, and I did the first...

    OK, today it was day 11, and I did the first cleaning.

    before clean
    http://algaescrubber.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2374&stc=1&d=1337523363

    after clean...
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    Thank you very much for your input, guys! ...

    Thank you very much for your input, guys!

    Bud, I am afraid these diffusers aren't available in my country. I can only try to order those from the Internet, but it'll take 3-4 weeks until they are...
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    Update: The screen is getting darker brown -...

    Update: The screen is getting darker brown - clearly visible when lights are Off and barely visible under lights On. It is yet far from being anything scrapable, however.

    The pic shows it to some...
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    Daily update: Inspected the screen again this...

    Daily update: Inspected the screen again this morning. Virtually the same as yesterday. Maybe the tint is getting more even throughout the screen and slightly darker, yet it is still barely...
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    Watching the screen carefully this morning, I...

    Watching the screen carefully this morning, I have noticed a light brown tint on the "cactus needles".
    Absolutely not visible under the bright light, but distinguishable when the lights are off. So...
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    Hi! Can't find whether this has been answered...

    Hi!
    Can't find whether this has been answered yet: when I turn OFF the lights for 6 hours in an UAS setup, do I also turn down the air supply on the screen, or does the air turn ON all the time?
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    Yeah, I mean, I hope to get any growth at all on...

    Yeah, I mean, I hope to get any growth at all on the screen within a few days.


    Thank you, SantaMonica!


    Yeah, its about 2" between the LEDs horizontally, and about 2.5" vertically. The...
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    I hung the screen near the side wall in the sump,...

    I hung the screen near the side wall in the sump, resting the plastic rod on front and rear walls of the sump, connected the air pump and turned on the LEDs. The photo isn't good since the light is...
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    vahegan's UAS test

    I have finally made my experimental UAS today. Sorry for the poor quality of photos - made with the iPhone, was too lazy to pick up a descent camera with proper processing.

    For light source I used...
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    Hi! How often do you have to scrape the tank...

    Hi!
    How often do you have to scrape the tank glass in front of the screen? Do you have to scrape the tank glass daily?

    I mean, as soon as there is any algae growth on it, it'll have a huge...
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    It is not quite like that. They are designed with...

    It is not quite like that. They are designed with a tiny lens integrated on each crystal, 50 degrees. So that the module produces a large and even rectangular spot, with reds and blues properly mixed...
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    Thank you, Floyd, for a very interesting thread. ...

    Thank you, Floyd, for a very interesting thread.
    It was most interesting to find out about the NASA study of 6.5:1 of Red:Blue power, never heard of that before. If you find a link to that, please...
  32. Sure. The queestion concerns the proportion...

    Sure. The queestion concerns the proportion between produced nitrates and phosphates. I have seen tanks where phosphates accumulate while the nitrates are close to zero, and vice versa. I don't know...
  33. An attempt to estimate the nutrients export by a scrubber

    Scrubbers are known to grow the algae actively, but it is mainly plant mass. I was curious to try to find out how much of this biomass are actual waste products exported from the tank, and how much...
  34. Thread: LED Scrubbers

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    Hi! Anything wrong with these links? None of...

    Hi!
    Anything wrong with these links? None of them seems to be valid for me...
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