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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    This will be very helpfull with my new build.. thanks for sharing!

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    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:

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    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

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    Looking good, I really like how you have it setup as well. Thanks for sharing.

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    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.

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    Could not be a better first week.

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    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..

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    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)

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    I'm so jealous, I want growth like that!
    Great progress well done.

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    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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