OK.. So I've decided to give it a go.
Partly encouraged by the amount of parts I just had lying around unused. So a $20 investment for me.
I had a few caveats. Had to be small. REALLY small. Had to be simple. Had to be 'blackout proof'.
So... I made my purchases and made this.
VOILA!
Light sits approx 3 - 4" away in a clear enclosed box with a reflector glued into place in the clear box.
The sheet which is roughed up is approx 8" x 9" for a 34 gallon tank. (Single sided was deemed to be more space efficient).
Lighting is a 30W CFL warm (Brighter was available, but I'm willing to step it up).
Here it is setup.
As you can see, pump to the top and filter down. If power out, then the pump stops going and 2 or 3 litres flow into aquarium. Whoop-de-doo. It can handle that.
In the following picture, it is about 3 days after start. I have to turn the pump up (As should be obvious, and has already been done). But I had the pump sitting at about 50%. I'm a softly/softly/gently/gently kinda person.
No recent pictures (Now day 6). But the 'streaking' of the algae is nearly gone. I pushed the pump up another notch. I think this is it.
Algae continues to grow nicely.
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Details:
Before ATS
Nitrates 10
Phosphates 1
Day 6
Nitrates about 7 or so now
Phosphates less than 0.5
So far, so good.
Dave