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    The Red Sea NO3 reducer stuff seems to work. Problem is you have to keep dosing it or your system N and P will go back up. You also need to have a good protein skimmer to utilize this stuff.

    The scrubber should work without the additional help from this additive and a skimmer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexiumihai View Post
    Thank you for the feedback.

    Didn't find any plastic canvas in local hardware store so i build with what i was thinking to be a replacement. Also ordered the plastic canvas on 03.12.12 from ebay. Waiting for it.

    Quick question: I've purchased RED SEA NO3 PO4 X NPX NITRATE & PHOSPHATE REDUCER, from what I've read it does the same thing - reduce the NO3 and PO4 -
    It is compatible with algae scrubber?
    Can i do both?

    Thank you.
    I would not do both as I just stoped trying to do another similer carbon dosing method with Zeo . I found for me that if I dosed to the point to kill the algae it did not grow in the ATS either.

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    Hello,
    I am back with another design for the ATS.
    Done some modification to the filtering system.

    So my display is the same 200L, i added 3 X 90L for the filtration.



    My filtering sistem:
    - big DIY beckett skimmer
    - DIY recirculating biopellete reactor
    - live rick
    - algae
    - 5L matrix

    Top to bottom.




    Other side




    And my new design ATS:






    I am using 5050 SMD led (leftovers from an abandoned project), 1m 5050 red, 2,5m 5050 rgb (only the red is used and on 2 rows i am using the blue), if they do not do the job, i will switch to 3w led.

    And ATS working for 4 days:




    I see that the color brown is spread all around the screen (where is light) on both sides.

    My last parameters (NO3, PO4) measured (with Salifert test) Sunday was color transparent.

    I alternate the feeding so the maximum feed per day is 1 1/2 cube maybe more when i feed the anemones.

    Thank you for reading my post, and i am waiting for your feedback.

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    Nice build. Those LED's might work, since you have a lot of them.

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    Nice recirculating biopellets reactor... Is it a DIY?
    Tank Info: 1000 liter FOWLR/Reef (some corals), DIY glass "High-Tech" sump with ATO reservoir, 550W DIY LED, 5x Tunze Stream 610x, Laguna 6000 l/h return pump, DIY Phosban reactor, DIY Almost floating UAS Algae scrubber, DIY Temp Controller, Avast Mutiny II Ozone reactor. 216 liter Reef Cube, glass sump with ATO reservoir, Ecotech Radion LED, DIY Phosban reactor, DIY Temp Controller.

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    Hello,

    Yes it is DIY
    more pictures with it


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    Nice build Mihai!

    Is there a plastic sheet covering the canvas? What is its purpose?
    Also, could you please post some close-up images with the LED panel? I'm interested in the electrical connections and the way they are attached to the scrubber.

    Thanks,
    Val

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    Hello,
    The plastic foil is for splash, and some noise at the bottom of the screen.

    Here is the close-up of the led panel.


    And the connection, i connected on both sides, one side is with -, the other is with +.


    The + is commune for the RGB strip, if you want to light up the blue you have to make a junction Blue pin with red pin and connect them to -.
    If you want to make a led panel from led strip, use only red strip, they are more powerful.
    My red strip is like a rgb, it has 3 red leds inside a chip, so more red light. RGB has only one.

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    Hello,

    Update with the ATS after 2 weeks running 18 h/day








    What do you think a bought the growth, the green color.
    The flow is ok, the light is ok.
    What is the next step, wait until it is 3D growth and clean.

    This is my second attempt (first one was a bought a month), so i am a little novice in terms of ATS growth/color/flow/light.

    Thank you.

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    Looks good.

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