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Thats what you keep on saying. What is causing this?

Forgot to mention that i was raising my light intensity in my display tank the last few weeks think thats whats making it happen?

Its still getting lighter every round now any sugesttions??? And my nitrates are riseing.

Phosphates: 0.02. Nitrates: 15 - 20

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Im not following l, you said reduce other filtration so im asking you. Now ur telling me not to reduce it? So is it yes or no?

Like what, i only have a skimmer, should i close that?

pls see below, this is after i scraped it. i tried taking off most of the light orange spots. oh and i didnt really see any pods that are eating it. my phosphate is at 0.03 and my nitrate is at 3.
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So this is after harvest, the bright orange spots have gotten bigger, what does this mean and how do inprevent it. I did brush that part out completely.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/fJ4VW8ZpVieMXmzDA

this is 10 days in this new schedule running opposite display. Still getting the hard green growth not hair. and what are these orange spots????

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The brush doesnt do much i scraped it with a card is that good enough????

so should i be doing less hours? also here is a video of my flow rate pls let me know what you think.


https://photos.app.goo.gl/dqTYocbPKAtsvFrs7

Ummmmmm ok.

How do i know when it lets go. How many days is max?

im honestly very confused frustrated at this point, i have seen many vidoes like CJ for example where they have all 4 lights with the same nutrients and get crazy growth after just a few weeks. it...

Not following you why less???

What do you mean by changing the number of growth. You mean more days?

So when can i expect this scrubber to start haveing even the slightest effect on my nutrients because so far I have not seen any. Do you think my phosphates being this low and nitrates is high is a...

So while the scrubber is braking in and actually start having an impact at lowering my nutrients, i decided to take matters into my own hands, so po4 i was able to bring down no problem with some...

Ok so this is the second round of growing after the first scrape, i dont know why it coming in this light color any idea? I did bring down the phosphate a bit with phosphate RX but not all the way my...

So i did my first scrape sorry i forgot to take pics. Its already growing nicely on the second round. However no decrease in nutrients, would love to hear your thoughts.

Did you bleach your rock?

WOW is all i can say. Do you have any other filtration and what is your maintenance do you do water changes?

Do i scrape yet??? Or still wait???

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UPDATE: Some GHA in the DT is starting to die off detaching from the rock and floating around.

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why would i want to start from scratch???

Brush??? Not card???

Wow so it really started growing so much. Should i be doing my first harvest?

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one side has more algae then the other, which side should i turn off?

I just looked at the screen again and its filling in the bald spot nicely, i haveto say now in week 4 that it started growing the green stuff every day makes a huge difference it even looks different...

Finally at the 4 week mark starting to see some growth, but no decrease in p04 or n03 or the GHA in the display.

Here are some pics.

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So at this point its already beed 3 weeks my nutrient levels are up there and its not growing properly, not sure whats going on or whats taking so long???

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So came home today the screen was pretty much covered on one side the other side had some spots so i scraped the some algae from the other spots and filled in the uncovered spots and turned on both...

also i have these small balls of algae growing the side that the light is on, should i maybe scrape it on to the bald areas to fill it in???

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My alk is at 8.5.

DAY 16: So since im only running one light i have noticed that the other side where the light is not, filled up alot more. Besides for that nitrate and phosphate still the same. Im wondering if i...

So my GAH in my display tank is still very persistent and growing. Just wondering maybe it would be a goos idea to pull some of the GHA i have in my DT and put it on to the screen to speed up the...

Day 13: So im running only one light as instructed. Its a very dark brown color.i dont know why its taking that long for it to start growing some real algae.

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Just found out that my MAG is at 1500, do you guys think that might be an issue because i read that people raise their MAG to stop algae growth.

So should i cut back on the hours or the lights?

DAY 11: I hope its all looking ok, im still running 2 light 18/6 what do you guys think??? Any input to make it grow faster would be greatly appreciated.

PO4:0.16 NO3:25

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Ok thank you, i will update in a few days.

What this brown rust color is normal?

I still run both lights 18/6.

DAY 9: Not sure whats going on here. Need some help. Im getting some gray and back and rust color at the corners. I did add some activated carbon to the tank think that has anything to do with it?
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DAY 6: Has increased a bit.

why is it that 1 light make more algae grow?

DAY 5. I was told by Santa Monica not to run the light 24 hours, so now im running them only 18 on and 6 off. Im not sure whats growing on the screen it doent look like a green color but lets wait...

DAY 2, I think i see something starting to happen at the corners.

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I installed it on my 50gal cube, its running off its own 300GPH pump, the design of this scrubber is just genius it is compact and waterproof and safe, that means if fits right into the sump and that...