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    My new water fall scrubber for the 150g

    Here is some pics of my newest scrubber, its a week old today. Its powered by 4 reds (660nm) and 1 blue (450nm) per side, this give it the purplish glow. The UAS scrubber was not cutting the mustard.



    150G. Reef/Mix
    125G. 3 Regular Oscars/1 Jack Dempsey
    75G. 20+ Africans
    40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
    10G. SW Fish/Reef.
    10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
    6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.

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    Thought you've been quiet on here lately. Looks like you've been busy. Nice job.

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    I stay pretty busy now. I quit my job and am doing my business full time now. I hope to post some growth pics next week and a test of phos and nitrate as well. The UAS was just not cutting it on this big of a tank. Its fine on my 10G.
    150G. Reef/Mix
    125G. 3 Regular Oscars/1 Jack Dempsey
    75G. 20+ Africans
    40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
    10G. SW Fish/Reef.
    10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
    6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.

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    OK, time for some updates. This is 7 days of full growth, 8 days in. I had a few more pics but I think this is the only one I need to post. The matted down algae is stretched over a 1/2" PVC pipe. Pretty impressive for 7 days. I was wondering the nitrates had dropped from 30 to 15 in a few days. It was to hard to see how long the algae really was. I thought these nitrate readings where due to maybe I didnt feed as much which I figured impossible.
    150G. Reef/Mix
    125G. 3 Regular Oscars/1 Jack Dempsey
    75G. 20+ Africans
    40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
    10G. SW Fish/Reef.
    10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
    6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.

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    What is that housing?

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    What sized screen do you have and how large is your tank? Impressive build.

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    The screen is 4.5x7.5 and the housing is an old paper shredder waste can. I cut out the sides and siliconed in the diffuser panel. I still have to make a surround for it to block the light.
    150G. Reef/Mix
    125G. 3 Regular Oscars/1 Jack Dempsey
    75G. 20+ Africans
    40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
    10G. SW Fish/Reef.
    10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
    6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.

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    I would like to share a pic of my First Two Weeks Growth!! I rubbed the algae backwards to get it to lift up and place a 1/2" pvc pipe behind for length comparison. Both sides look the same and there was patches that stuck out about 3/8".

    150G. Reef/Mix
    125G. 3 Regular Oscars/1 Jack Dempsey
    75G. 20+ Africans
    40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
    10G. SW Fish/Reef.
    10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
    6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.

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    Wow. Unreal. Great job!

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    Its the extra blue LED!!! I cannot believe how well they compliment the growth of the red LED's
    150G. Reef/Mix
    125G. 3 Regular Oscars/1 Jack Dempsey
    75G. 20+ Africans
    40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
    10G. SW Fish/Reef.
    10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
    6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.

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