hi all, its great to be posting here, after spending so many hours reading n doing what u guys do best - ATS. A big thanks to SM for sharing.
I started my ats in march 2012 n it was doing well but now the algae n slime has come back.
I will try to post some pics n brief u guys on my feeding,
Daily total feeding would add up to approx 1/2 (half) of a Hikari mysis srimp cube. This includes tuna meat, garlic, spirulina, shrimps, pellets etc.
My ats is 10 x 12 inch including 1inch that is below water level that has no algae on it. Its one-sided cus i use sun power to grow the ats. at this time of the year I get about 3 hrs of full sun direct on the ats n main tank. main tank n sump (wh i use for frags n fishes as well) is about 70 gallons.
Cleaning is weekly , just a gentle scrub n spray to get the top layer off. I leave abit of green n maroonish algae on so that it will kick start faster.
Hope to get the pic in