Hi everyone,
I am new to this forum and new to algae scrubbers in general. I need a little advice. I have had my algae scrubber built and running for about 3 weeks now. I have done 3 or 4 cleanings. My scrubber is always full of cyano/light brown algae. I have definately seen improvements in my display tank as it used to have all the cyano and now the cyano is mostly all on the scrubber.
I know that eventually the goal is to get my scrubber green, however i am not sure why that's not happening. Here's my setup:
Pretty good amount of flow from gravity from the overflow i built
2 (26 watts each) bulbs on for about 16 hours
The first tank picture is before the algae scrubber and the second display tank picture was taken about 2 weeks in. The cyano has even improved since then in the DT.