OK, adjusted to 1 light at the top and started dosing iron. Will post an update on the scrubber's performance this weekend.
OK, adjusted to 1 light at the top and started dosing iron. Will post an update on the scrubber's performance this weekend.
Here are the photos of the scrubber this morning...
Direct lighting
Indirect lighting
What should my next action be??? Wait for more growth on the screen? Scrape the screen? Scrub the screen?
The algae in the tank is getting quite thick in some areas, do you have a preferred ratio of snails per gallon? Also, when posting pictures is it more helpful for you when the scrubber pump is running or off?
Thanks in advance!
I re-read your info and saw the rock are 4 years old, just transferred to current tank 1 month ago. With new sand. So since N and P are low in water, phosphate is coming out of the rock and going into the sand. So more growth on rocks is expected for several weeks.
Looks like you never cleaned the side glass.
Feed more.
Yellow needs to be pushed out of the screen holes. Just push a toothbrush into it. Only white or green should remain.
Snails don't matter.
Keep dosing iron more until screen grows less yellow.
Flow off, for pictures.
Plug the 2nd light back in, on opposite height level.
Most important is that all the stuff on the screen, tray pipe etc be brushed off into your sink. Do this every 3 or 5 days. Harder green stuff will start attaching to screen over the next months.
Go through 4 cleanings before checking progress again. Can't do much better than zero N and P.
Are you cleaning the whole screen both sides, and the tray? The last pics look like they have not been cleaned and pods are eating holes, or it's letting go.
Ok clean the screen and tray every 4 days for now. I'll send a mineral supplement that I'm working on, to see if it affects it.
Hey gang. Stopping by with a quick update. Just after new years the ATS really took off! Photos below...
Algae is growing thick and dark, I'm harvesting between 20 and 30 grams weekly. The algae is still more oily or slimy than "hairy", but the RAIN2 is definitely doing its job. My tank has never looked better - no nuisance hair algae in the display tank!
Thanks SantaMonica for a great product and support.
Looks great. Probably should clean more often though. And if you want you can brush the growth out of the holes.
Are you using all 4 lights? And did you use the mineral supplement?
And what happened to the tabs on the screen?
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