http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kn3C04bLP4
Its start to grow in the middle after reducing fotoperiod to 7 hours and after covering blue leds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kn3C04bLP4
Its start to grow in the middle after reducing fotoperiod to 7 hours and after covering blue leds.
Bingo!
I clean the screen befour 20 days. I went on vacation and came back yesterday. This is what i have on my screen. Im very satisfy with the growing. In the future i will clean the screen every 7 days so we will see how will grow.
I would like to ask 2 q?
-on the second image is the macro algae that i have in my tank (on the image its not my tank). I have it on 2 places. I fount that is called "Dictyota". Is it bad one and is ATS will help to eliminate? I have it befour but for 20 days its start to grow more than usualy.
- when i clean screen and put it back, some algae from the screen is going in my sump and after that in the main tank. Is there posibility that this algae from ATS is going to plant on the rock in the tank and start to grow there and spreed all over the tank?
The scrubber is pulling phosphate out of the rock, and that is feeding the algae on the rock more. This is good.
you can manually remove the algae from the rocks if it is becoming a problem for corals, etc. The scrubber should eventually out-compete it.
The pieces of algae that make their way to your tank are of no concern. Algae will grow anywhere the conditions are ideal. So it's not like dropping pieces of algae in your tank will 'seed' the tank - just like you didn't have to seed your scrubber screen, it just grew because the environment for growth was ideal. What is likely happening is that there are nutrients in the rock that are not being accessed, and the algae is finding this to be a good environment. As soon as the nutrients are lowered or removed, the algae growth on the rocks will slow and eventually disappear
3rd cleaning after 8 days grow. Should i clean beater the screen or its ok like on the picture?
No3 are now 0. I hope my cyano algae will disappear soon. What fo you think?
I would scrape it until you can see the screen pattern clearly. You need to expose the base of the growth to light. IMO this is a little less critical with LED light sources because they penetrate better and are more intense, but you still need to be able to see the screen on at least 50%-75% of the overall area.
Happy that NO3 is zero
Tnx Santi and Turbo,
I will clean the screen more in the future. Should i sifon detritus becouse od the cyano or live it in the tank and in the sum because i red here that detritus is a good coral food?
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