This DROP.6 needs to be brushed out much sooner, to get the slime out which contains lots of nutrients. Could also run the light 24 hours.
This DROP.6 needs to be brushed out much sooner, to get the slime out which contains lots of nutrients. Could also run the light 24 hours.
Here is a hand-grab of growth out of a SURF2 or 2x scrubber® floating in a sump. When growth is green hair algae, this is the easiest way.
This looks to be a SURF2 or 2x with some Green Grabber® screen cut up to fit in with the strings. Some have said this helped, and others said the strings were enough by themselves.
This SURF8 or 8x has the water drained out and shows lots of growth attached to the Green Grabber® strings. If the strings were not there, the growth would not have any place to attach to in the middle of the compartments, and this space would be wasted. And of course if harvesting, you would clean/harvest only one side, leaving the other side to continue filtering.
Can you spot the algae-eating (filter-eating) culprits in this DROP1.2x scrubber? To prevent these, just pour some fresh water in during each cleaning/harvesting.
A super packed HOG scrubber. Can't tell which one though. This growth looks mostly like Cladophora sp.
On the left is a fairly new DROP.6x scrubber® which has two lights, and you can see the growth filling in under them. On the right the growth (in this case, in saltwater) has reached up and attached to the lights. It's time for a cleaning/harvesting.
This SURF2(tm) or 2x show an earlier stage of growth on top, and a more filled in stage on bottom. RAINs are for saltwater only. Reach in and grab some
This HOG3 or 3x or 3xx shows the Green Grabber® strings doing their best to hold on to this thick growth in saltwater. Without the strings, the growth would probably let go sooner. And, cleaning/harvesting this a day or two sooner would help. Note the top 1 inch has no growth; this part was above the waterline, which keeps the salt spray and bubbling inside the case, and keeps the top air hole vent clear.
Green Grabber® strings holding onto growth at the bottom of a SURF4 or 4x scrubber® with the water drained out.
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