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    The thing with turning them down is that the outside of the screen is already low in light.

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    thank you for the comments.... the center of the screen is starting to grow over now..... THe outer edges are getting well developed growth of blck/brown sludge.

    What is indicating that the outer edges are not receiving enough light?

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    They are dark.

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    i added cut diffuser to the inside of my scrubber box and turned the led back up to just below full power. The scrubber is on for 9 hrs a day now. This has been in place for just shy of a week.

    This is what it is looking like now:

    Side 1:


    Side 2:


    i am considering adding a RB to the center fo the lighting spread and spreading the LED's apart a bit to prevent them being so focued in the center of the scree.

    Comments / suggestions appreciated!

    O-yea, just put an ATS on my biocube!!!! info on that in the future

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    full scrubber shot:

    I also had to add some splash shielding to prevent salt creep on my LED's


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    Let it go 14 days. Really need to spread the light out.

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    light is spread out and added a RB to each side. updates to come.

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    Side 1


    Side 2


    After cleaning:



    This is 9 days growth with the addition of one RB led to each side and spreading out of the Red LED's. I hope i did not overclean. I was very impressed with how much algae came off of the screen!

    I intened to clean it again after 7 days unless the growth is still sparce. I am running the scrubber 9 hours still.

    I have seen no ill affects on my chaeto. It is still growing and dark green. Waiting for it to stop growing before I remove it all togeather. I want to avaoid any drastic changes to the tank.

    Comments and suggestions appreciated!

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    14 days...

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    14 it shall be!

    I have an emergency overflow built in and i noticed an increas in flow. I believe i will have to shade my slot a bit to keep the growth from clogging.

    thank you for the feedback

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