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    Trying to recovery my system 78GAL with ATS.

    Regards to all!

    I'm from Venezuela, i have a FOWLR Barebottom 78 GAL system, which i've tried to covert in mixed reef with a pair of failed attemps. currently is abandoned and I would like to try take it forward again.

    Always i've had so high nitrate and phosate levels,

    my actual equipment is:
    Tank measures:100cm x 45cm x 55cm (length x width x height)
    Skimmer: Reef Octopus DNW-150
    2 Powerheads. Koralia Evolution 1400
    ilumination:20 Royal Blue, 12 Cool white, 2 Warn White, 2 UV Leds. distribuited in 2 modules. (will be updated too)

    System total Volume:
    245 liters in tank + 45 liters in Sump

    a little overview picture:



    i've decided make me a ATS for my system, based to guidelines what posted here.

    my ATS is 10cm. x 22cm.

    feeded by a 700GPH pump regulating with a valve.

    this is my construccion:





    Reflectors Interior side:



    already mounted in my sump:




    ready and working since January 21th.




    i will like read your coments and sugestions.

    greetings and thanks

    Jhoan Mosquera

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    Welcome from Venezuela.

    What lights are on the scrubber?

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    Thnks Santa Monica!

    the base of my model and my desition on ATS is in base of this site. I hope to learn all posible knowledge for go to success with this reefkeeping method.

    currently have 2 Spiral 2700K 13Watts CFL one each side, but i Know that must find 18w CFLs to put on my Scrubber.

    i go to post here all my updates and advance

    Regards!

    Jhoan Mosquera

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    Something happens

    I have 2 and half weeks with my ATS already installed in my system. I've changed bulbs for osram 18w 2700K 10 days ago. And algae doesn't grow. I know that something I'm doing wrong.

    Just can see little spots of brown algae I'm putting a picture and video ...



    A little video

    http://s334.photobucket.com/user/jem...63346.mp4.html

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    How many hours of light?

    Give the screen a toothbrushing in your sink, and go to 20 hours a day, and in 10 days there will be much more growth.

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    Hi Santa Monica!
    Have 18 hours of light.
    I'll go to 20hrs.and make toothbrushing.

    Thanks For Your Support!!

    i will Update any advance aboutabout that

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    Saludos hermano, mira con esos bombillos tardaras mucho más en obtener resultados y te será costoso a la larga ya que se deben cambiar cada 3 o 4 meses, es mejor que hagas la inversión de led 660nm cree o luxeon

    Por otro lado el ats una vez montado puede tardar hasta 21 días en crecerte el alga y dependera de la carga de nutrientes, lo que se ve en la foto es proceso normal

    Saludos

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    4 week

    4 weeks after the break-in of my ATS.

    I'm brushing my screen and obtain this



    screen before cleaning looks like this:





    screen after Cleaning looks like this:





    I'm cleaning just the slime layer that looks like cyanobacteria and/or dinoflagellates.

    I'm doing some wrong?

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    Clean all of that off.

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    Cleaned!

    Thanks for your support Santa Monica!

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