Wow Garf. That is some crazy growth. I dont know what my deal is all I get to grow on mine is Brown. I am comeing up on my 4th 7 day cleaning and still brown.
I did notice that almost all my Cyno is about gone in my display tank tho... So maybe the green stuff is comeing...
Mine took 10 or 11 weeks to get "crazy" so patience is vital. Curious about the cyano ! Have your nutrient levels gone below those considered limiting (ie "zero") with a brown screen.Originally Posted by Cole_lol
Anyway, update from this weeks screen
This cycle was with UFO LED on the unharvested side
10 days
19 days
Edge (obviously)
UFO lights working, so gonna get another for the other side. Cfl's and blue (ish) tube on the harvested side for now.
No, My Nitrates are still sitting at 25ppm. I have been doseing a Bacteria Additive as one of my Local Fish Stores stated my Cyano could be from a bad bacteria cutlture and I needed to starve it out with a diffrent bacteria strain. But, my Nitrates stated at 75ppm or so I think. So its an improvement. I just ordered some leds to make a LED Fixture. So we will see what it does.
Still running Bubbles On Screen Scrubber. Another 9 days gone. I am now harvesting the same amount every 9 days (cleaning 1 side at a time) than I was every 14 days (cleaning both sides at once). There is zero die off at the screen and the benefits of having constant filtering are self explanatory. The led UFO is also doing a good job so far;
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9 days
Awesome growth you got there Garf
btw...whereabouts in uk are you ? near derby here
With reference to the Photosynthetically Induced Phosphate Precipitation test;
http://algaescrubber.net/forums/show...ll=1#post29905
Been running a few days now without running bubbles on the screen or skimmer. One noticeable problem is the pH swing in the sump. Scrubber lights on, pH goes to above 8.6 (calibrated probe). Scrubber lights off, pH drops to 7.72. Within 5 minutes of turning the scrubber lights back on, the pH gets to 8.00.That a massive swing in anyone's book. Gonna get a timer, to run my skimmer when the scrubber lights are off. Have now got the bubbles on a screen activated by the pH controller at >8.5.
Another 10% increase in harvest @ 545 grammes. Running bubbles on the screen to maximise growth and reduce alk consumption for 5 days then turning the bubbles off for the 4 days prior to harvest and allowing the pH to increase with reference to this - http://algaescrubber...e-Precipitation
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9 days
Amazing growth!!! 1 question the blue tang in your tank is it an Atlantic blue tang?
Well, I knew him as a Carribean blue but seems Atlantic blue is the same, so yeah, your right. Ive got a couple of types of tangs;
Oh yeah, and mr ugly;
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