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    You will probably find you don't need to expose the screen at all. I had a mandarin for 5 years. If you have a supply, ie an algal screen, the pods will proliferate and survive in your rocks for long enough to feed this beautiful fish. A supply of fresh pods to the display is the key. Considering your on an algae site, your probably gonna be ok.

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    Welcome here

    As stated before, I like your designs very much. Well though off and I think will perform..Too add a lid seems like a good idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SantaMonica View Post
    I was thinking of an all-mandarin tank. Otherwise the other fish will eat the algae, like my tetra who has found a home there.
    Yeah I was thinking a pair of blue mandarins or lsd mandarins and a couple of pretty inverts.

    Quote Originally Posted by MorganAtlanta View Post
    #1 may not need the pump since the current generated by the airstone should circulate water. That's pretty much the design I'm going to try, when I get the time...
    You might want to put a lid on the designs to control salt creep. All those bursting bubbles will create a mess if there is no top.
    I left that out of the rendering Also a small hole in that lid should reduce the noise of the bubble a lot!

    Quote Originally Posted by Garf View Post
    You will probably find you don't need to expose the screen at all. I had a mandarin for 5 years. If you have a supply, ie an algal screen, the pods will proliferate and survive in your rocks for long enough to feed this beautiful fish. A supply of fresh pods to the display is the key. Considering your on an algae site, your probably gonna be ok.
    What do you mean with an algae site?

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    This site, ie an "algae site" obviously has people interested in algae scrubbers. Algae scrubbers are a haven for juvenile copepods, these then get dispersed throughout the system to feed delicate eaters like mandarin.

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    I let my screens set in my 10G before I clean them because I have a mandarin in that tank that is fat an happy now. Nice designs to, I made a HOB but am battling the bubbles, I like your way of sorting out the bubbles, I was going to put mine in a sump with baffles.
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    Exactly! Had not noticed your topic. It seems that this would enhance the growth of algae.
    Sorry for the spelling, but I use Google translator.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jaczal View Post
    And why not give air to the water flowing from the top of the screen. I just plugged pomke - so far without dice aerators - and the effect is great. Water flows down the screen foamed.
    And this is my box, screen and lighting - LED current on the tapes smd5060. The whole works without problems for almost 1.5 years.
    https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink
    https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink
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    How are those leds working for you? I was only able to find 630nm leds like that...
    For my design a slim light fixture is essential.

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    @jbowser I am white 3000K. Also, I can not buy 660nm. I did tests with red tape (630nm) and blue (430nm), but were not satisfactory. I used the tape because of the simplicity of the structure. Lighting panel located in the depths of my 15mm. A box thus has a width of 110mm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jaczal View Post
    @jbowser I am white 3000K. Also, I can not buy 660nm. I did tests with red tape (630nm) and blue (430nm), but were not satisfactory. I used the tape because of the simplicity of the structure. Lighting panel located in the depths of my 15mm. A box thus has a width of 110mm.
    So how many leds are you using and how big is your screen? I guess these leds have a few advantages over hp leds, although its a shame they don't have more wavelengths...

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    300 LED Strip, 150 per page. Two 170mm on 90mm screens. Yes, the basic advantage is simplicity of design lighting panel and requires no heat sinks.

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