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    Few pics of my DIY setup. First is top down view. Second is reflector i made by sticking some of the diamond reflector material to an old takeaway container. Inside the tank chamber is a spaghetti container with a hole at the bottom for the maxijet 1200 poking out of it blowing up the screen. Lighting has been on at 1500 and off at 0700. I'm now trying on at 0700 for 2 hours. On at 1100 for 2 hours then on at 1700 until 0700 to see what effect that might have. Sorry pics are not great!

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    Now that's a light.

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    Tried the reflector for a few weeks but was getting very little growth compared to normal, don't know if that made the light too strong?

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    Have now ditched the reflector and added some roughed up cable ties to screen (trying to mimic new surf scrubber ribbons). Looks promising, just harvested and over 80g. Easier to harvest aswell, have not scraped the screen just pulled it from between cable ties.

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    The ties should really help. They are 2-sided.

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