Scrubber for Red Sea Max Will It Work
Scrubber for Red Sea Max Will It Work
Yes, if you follow the basic guidlines. Make sure to read through the basics...
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Try and get the bulb as close to the screen as you can without touching or getting too much water on it (make sure it's splash proof!), or use a plastic/glass guard, and try and get some sort of reflector over the bulb(s) too.
What's the dimensions of the screen itself, and how much water flow will there be over it?
This is the same sort of design as the one I'm currently building, actually in the middle of putting the 240W of lighting together now! (3ftx2ft screen roughly and a 6x2x2 tank).
Where do i start the unit has a 19" x 5" screen and 800 lph pump on it and 18" bulb t8 http://www.hagen.com/uk/aquatic/prod...01015820031001 and i am getting no growth one week in
The pump is about right, you need 35 us gal/hour per inch, or 130l/hour/inch so 6" = 780l/hour.
Can you get some photos please?
How far is the bulb from the screen?
Have you roughed up the screen with very coarse sand paper?
Have you seeded the screen at all with any algae from the tank?
Have you got the light on a timer?
How far is the bulb from the screen? Its about 3" from the screen
Have you roughed up the screen with very coarse sand paper? I roughed the screen with a wire brush
Have you seeded the screen at all with any algae from the tank? I did try but dont think it took to it
Have you got the light on a timer? Bulb is on 16h off 8h
Is the bulb power full enough? colour temp ?
All good, the light I'm not sure about, you'd be better off with a standard 2700k T8 bulb from your local electrical shop.
T5s give more light intensity for the same wattage. Have you got a reflector (even if it's just tin foil behind the bulb)?
What's the volume of water in the tank?
You want to aim for 0.5 to 1W per US gal of water using T5s or compact fluorescent bulbs with a reflector.
the volume of the tank is 130l less rock ect
can you advise on t5 as i am getting lost on what to order
so we'll say around 29-30 us gal, so the 15w of light is right on the bare minimum, if not too low because it's T8.
You could get away with doubling up with two of those T8 bulbs, preferably bog standard 2700k bulbs you get from a local shop (not fish shop), and putting a reflector behind them.
That way you won't need to buy two new starters for the bulbs.
Try to get the bulb 1" from the screen. Also, you have enough room for two bulbs.
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