I'm new to the site though not a newbie in the hobby. I keep surfing the net looking for a best natural method to eliminate Po4 with less electricity consumption and i always landing in Algae Turf Scrubber design. Suddenly i opened this site of SANTA MONICA and to my surprise i saw a lot of Filipino reefer that is active to this site. Honestly i am not a fan of this filtration though i tried using it in my early years in the hobby. When i upgraded to much bigger tank i decided to go with bigger skimmer and a DSB. After reading some successful ATS thread got interested to try it again. I re-pipe my overflow piping to incorporate a gravity fed ATS. (i've no idea how much flow i have in my screen). After a week of testing/wet-run i see presence of red slime algae in the screen (does this mean the ATS is working?).
NEED TO IMPROVE LIGHTING
USE MY OLD SILVER CAR WINDSHIELD SHADE ATTACHED IN THE CABINET WALL
Hoping to get inputs on you guys to make it effective.
TIA
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