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    Slim LED ATS

    I wanted a small and slim ATS for my Percula 120. I used 2mm aluminium to build a box that also functions as an passive cooler for the leds. Then I´ve put a acrylic box inside that one. Here are som pictures of my build.
    The idea in Sketch Up
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    Kitchen build :-)
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    Voila!
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    Unfinished acrylic box
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    Boxes put together with leds installed
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    Let there be light! 10 3watt leds 660nm and 2 3watt 440nm.
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    On the aquarium without the lid
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    Algae grotwth after one week
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    After two weeks
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    I hope this can be of inspiration for some of you.

    I´m in my second week and I havent seen any diffrence in no3 yet.

    Best regards. /Pelle

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    Looks nice!

    I guess you soon will see less growth where you decided put the blue LEDS instead of reds...
    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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    You can see the difference now already :-) Do you see the brownish area in the lower middle. Perhaps a bad call?

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    Welcome.

    Very nice. When the growth is thick, the blue might not matter.

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    3 weeks growth. What are your experience? Is this a normal algae development?
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    The screen is very big, so it probably is not going to get thick because there are not enough nutrients. But is seems good.

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    4 weeks growth. I'm really pleased with the result so far. No3 have started to sink as well. When should I clean the net for the first time? Are there any guidelines?
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    Looks good. Generally clean:


    Every 7 to 21 days, or
    When it's black, or
    When it fills up, or
    When algae lets go, or
    When nutrients start to rise

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    My latest DIY tweak. To get an even and smooth waterflow over the net. I put a 32mm tube over a 20mm tube, it made a snug fit :-) with the 20mm end cap and the 90 degree bend and it automatically created a small and even distance between the two tubes . But just in case I sealed it with a warm glue gun (directly translated from Swedish, don't know the english word for it) at the ends. Then I drilled some holes on the inner tube, pointing upwards. Do you get the idea? That made all the difference, I got a smooth and almost completly silent flow. By the way my ATS is driven by a aquabee 2000. Soon to be replaced by a tunze silence with variable speed. The aquabee vibrates like crazy.
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    Harvest 5 weeks after start. No3 have gone from 25-15 and I'm rally pleased.
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