Ruddybop's UAS test

[ruddybop]

FW, right? How much are you feeding?

This is what my Algae scrubber is for Floyd..... 21 Fish

2-Oscars 9" and 6"
2-Dempsey's 8" and 6"
7-Convicts 2" up to 5"
2-Synodontis Catfish 8"
2-Pictus Cats 6" and 5"
1-Pleco 5"
2-Firemouths 6"
2-Blood Parrots 7"
1- Iridescent 6"

[Floyd R Turbo]

Those look like some big piggies....

I would say you just need to let it grow in a little more, hard to say with so few UASs running, let alone a large one on a heavy bioload FW tank. Remember mine took over a month to start growing gangbusters. Just cleaned again today and another good harvest, consistent with the last 2.

[ruddybop]

Those look like some big piggies....

I would say you just need to let it grow in a little more, hard to say with so few UASs running, let alone a large one on a heavy bioload FW tank. Remember mine took over a month to start growing gangbusters. Just cleaned again today and another good harvest, consistent with the last 2.

Yes I think I will let it grow more...I didn't clean it yet just put it back in the box... It looks a lot greener with the light hitting it. So I do have green on it, but it's more of a slime green rather than floating string algae.

The best part I like is that it's growing even all around the screen.

[ruddybop]

First of all my house has central air so it's not the hotter outside temp.

I am having heat issues with my light set up with 138 Watts. My tank has raised from 79 to about 84 degrees.
It has always stayed 79 solid until I started running this so I know it is nothing else.
When I place the light box I leave about 1/4" away from the glass so the heat can escape but that isn't working.

So I dug in the basement through my computer stuff and gathered 2 fans. Looked through another drawer and found a small 12v power supply.

Drilled some holes in the top of the box and two inside where the heat will get sucked out. Boxed the top section in with a piece of wood so the hot air gets sucked out through the inner holes.

I'll try this and see if it fixes my heat issue. It should suck cool air in through the sides and out the top.

[Floyd R Turbo]

That should do the trick nicely. Plenty of air flow with those fans.

[ruddybop]

That should do the trick nicely. Plenty of air flow with those fans.

I can definitely feel the heat coming out the top. I'll run it this week and let ya know how it works.

[ruddybop]

Well ... I went to check on my scrubber and noticed the air wasn't as strong. Checked the air line and it got kinked when I did a water change the other day. Un-kinked it and we got bubble flowing now.
Then I noticed a dark grey tail at the top of the scrubber and it disappeared down inside. Well look who came out after putting him in the tank and never seeing him again.

The Rubber Pleco 3" long found a food source. I thought he was dead. First time I have seen him in over a year.....

[kerry]

This is what my Algae scrubber is for Floyd..... 21 Fish

2-Oscars 9" and 6"
2-Dempsey's 8" and 6"
7-Convicts 2" up to 5"
2-Synodontis Catfish 8"
2-Pictus Cats 6" and 5"
1-Pleco 5"
2-Firemouths 6"
2-Blood Parrots 7"
1- Iridescent 6"

Thats a very nice NWC tank you have there. I got 3 Oscars and a JD in my 125, boy talk about nitrate!!!! I gotta get a scrubber in that think!! It climbs to 80PPM in a week.

[ruddybop]

Thats a very nice NWC tank you have there. I got 3 Oscars and a JD in my 125, boy talk about nitrate!!!! I gotta get a scrubber in that think!! It climbs to 80PPM in a week.

Thanks Kerry.. ... Yes that's why I built this large unit for my 220, mine climbs to that in a week also.... These guys eat like barn animals...

[ruddybop]

OK here we go 21 days.... I yike green .... This was a great grow for 7 days.. Green is coming in. Gave it a cleaning and back in the pot it went...

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The harvest lol