This will be very helpfull with my new build.. thanks for sharing!
This will be very helpfull with my new build.. thanks for sharing!
Thnx Karry, I will wait till day 10..
Thnx RkyRickstr, sharing it with pleasure.
So hereby a new up-date.
Today is te 8th day of the scrubber growing with live-rock in the tank.
Came home from work and was supprised to see the rock algae in the display are loosing fast!
So wondering how the scrubber was looking, i removed the light unit, and was realy supprised.
Display tank
ATS Growth
Screen overview (color picture, miss focussed on the water)
Did some measurements too:
No2:
Po4:
Po4 from above:
No3:
Up-date week #8
This week was the week of the first cleaning! For the rest I'd only looked at the tank
Just scraped off the canvas with an old credit card.
The bald spot was because of flow interruption by a piece of PU foam in the pipe, which came out after I washed it.
So here are some pics
Side A:
Side B:
Harvest
Looking good, I really like how you have it setup as well. Thanks for sharing.
Nice growth you have!!
150G. Reef/Mix
125G. 3 Regular Oscars/1 Jack Dempsey
75G. 20+ Africans
40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
10G. SW Fish/Reef.
10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.
Could not be a better first week.
Thnx very much, i'm also very very pleased..
Here i the new up-date, 6 days after first cleaning..
Images.. than words
Display tank
Rocks in display (algae almost gone, and green...)
Coralline algae growing nicely
Other side of tank..
Algae on the screen..
And now the fun part..
No2: between 0,025 and 0,05
Po4: <0,02 - not measureable
No3: <0,5 - not measureable
In other words: YES ! tank cycles realy realy fast..
Cleaning Round #2
I waited untill day 10, and actually couldn't wait longer.
Growth is just crazy, no the nitrate did not peak..
So for the same reason I placed the first creatures last sunday.
a pair of heremite crabs, who seem happy and eat all day..and a piece of starpolyps which is growing nicely..
Still got some No2, so will wait with fish untill the bacteria are full grown..whish they where as efficient as the algae..
Hereby some pics.
Display
Before Cleaning:
Screen Side A:
Screen Side B:
Thinkness in compare to a lighter:
Top view of screen:
Cleaned screens:
Harvest:
Everything cleaned and ready for action again:
Weight: 1120 grams (!!)
Starpolyps
Small leather which is finding the rocks.
Measurements AFTER CLEANING
No2: Around 0,025 - 0,05
No3: Not mesureable (<0.5)
Po4: Not measureable (<0.02)
I'm so jealous, I want growth like that!
Great progress well done.
Thnx Nickq, just tying my best..
Here is something I forgot to mention..
This is the starpolyp on Sunday 13-11-2011: (iphone pic)
the same starpolyp on Wednesday 16-11-2011 (3 days of growth..)
That's what I call growth !
How is that compared to a skimmer surviving version of this coral?
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