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got the led flood hooked up...will see how it goes and update with progress, thanks for the input SM

picked up a "plant grow light" from home despot, 60w incandescent . if that doesn't work, ill try the led flood

this is the light i had on my horizontal scrubber, and the growth i was getting...very thick

thanks for the input! Will get a plant light, would one from home depot be fine? will rough up the screen more and try again

Built an UAS for my 145 gallon reef tank.

Been having very slow to no growth, all I've been getting is very stringy long brownish stuff.

Im using a top fin air 3000 and a cree warm white 25W...

My screen is 18"x12", mind you , the flood puts out alot of lumens.

Grows the algae pretty quick.

My current tank lights have 98x3w leds per fixture x 7 fixtures, now thats bright lol!

Try the led floods. I use a 50watt. THe housing is pretty much airtight. Grows algae like crazy,

Mine is horizontal , I have a 50w led flood for for light.

My screen is 18x12, I put it on glass .

Grows like crazy

I used a 50w LED floodlight for mine. The algae grew thick like a carpet. Check out the growth from it in my thread

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and this was yesterday (about a month after install).

The algae growth was crazy!! Thick like a carpet.

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and after 3 weeks....

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this is the growth after a week or so.

Started a scrubber a couple of weeks ago on my 800 gallon tank,

i used a horizontal set-up.

The screen is 18" wide by 12" long, so it spans the width of my sump tank. I put a piece of glass...

Hey guys,

Been reading alot on algae scrubbers and want to build one for my new 800 gallon reef tank.

From what i've read, it seems like some people prefer the algae scrubber compared to a...