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    Well those bubbles do have nutrients, but not much. They survive on very little.

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    Thanks Santa Monica, Surely there is enough nutrients in the water to kick off this scrubber? Is it possible that if I remove enough algae etc the scrubber will get enough nutrients? Still running the extra light still the same lights on time. If nothing happens Next round I will go back to just the leds and change the lights on period to see how that works. I'll check in, in a few weeks!

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    If you are feeding, then there will be nutrients.

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    Evening Gent's I removed the extra CFL and went back to the Led strips two on each side. I let this thing go for quite a while. This time I cleaned the slot which had green stuff clogging it. I scraped the usual brown stuff off the screen which I got a good amount of . Anyway, I did export some nutrients from the tank. I'm wiling continue to wait until the hinges of Hades freeze over to get this scrubber to work properly!

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    I do think LEDs are the way.

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    Evening , So I have som elong strand looking stuff but not the nice green I was expecting. I'm not scraping the screen weekly just letting it go to see what happens. I do scrub clean the very top part of the screen that fits inside the manifold. Now the clear hose I use to feed the scrubber has plenty of green stuff in! LOL.

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    Probably just needs to develop/attach.

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    I agree Santa Monica, Slowly but surely it's going! What would You suggest as the best lights on/off time? I turn the lights off around 10:30 11 am then on around 4pm. Do I want longer lights on ? I am enjoying this experiment. Thanks!

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    A pic of full growth will help.

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    Here is a pic, Again I thank You for Your time and op's! Now if I scrape all this off there is some actual green film under it all.

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