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03/06/2019, 11:52 AM | #10151 |
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I just lengthend my photo period from 16 hours to 18 hours. I need to test my N03 and P04 to see where they stand and either change it again or increase my feedings. A few of my vortechs have a little green hair algae looking fur in them but some of my corals are not coloring up like I expected and I wonder if it's from no nutrients. Might actuality need to cut the unit hours back or fees more!
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03/06/2019, 12:10 PM | #10152 |
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So my Clearwater scrubber has some tuffs if green algae but it also has some yellow/green slime on it.
My photo period is 24/7 My phos and nitrate are now 0 and I feed my fish and corals a decent amount. What’s the green/yellow slime ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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03/07/2019, 09:42 AM | #10153 |
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Did you just start the scrubber?
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03/07/2019, 10:03 AM | #10154 |
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About 2 months ago. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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03/07/2019, 10:17 AM | #10155 |
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pics?
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03/16/2019, 03:05 PM | #10156 |
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Green/yellow is usually from water flow being cut off.
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03/17/2019, 09:04 PM | #10157 |
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Here you can see the middle area turning yellow because of less flow, because it was full.
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03/18/2019, 04:41 AM | #10158 | |
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Pretty sure I built mine for around 60$ total. Maybe 100$ with the purchase of a separate pump.
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03/18/2019, 01:09 PM | #10159 |
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03/18/2019, 01:19 PM | #10160 | |
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The bubble wand you can get for under $10, the screen I got at a hobby place for a few cents. Then just pick an led grow light for the outside. You can find them for around $20 or less on Amazon. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk |
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04/19/2019, 01:21 PM | #10162 |
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Floyd, or anyone else with knowledge on this please advise. When cleaning my L2 a few weeks ago (4/1), I think I cleaned it and put it back together but forgot to turn the water on. When I went to clean it on the 15th the screes was bone white and dead. Lights running but no water.
Where should I adjust my lighting period to in order to basically start over. Thanks Corey |
04/19/2019, 06:31 PM | #10163 |
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It must be the week for that, you're the second person that I've heard from this week!
When you cook a screen like that, the white encrusted stuff for some reason doesn't work very well for algae to attach. You need to soak the screen in straight vinegar for an hour or so, then lightly scrub it to remove the encrusted stuff, then repeat that again (the first soak won't get it all) Then you can do 1 of 2 things: use the screen as is, or re-apply the mortar coating. Usually, if you've been running a scrubber for a while, a brand new screen will mature faster than it would if you had never ran a scrubber before (tank is "conditioned" to running a scrubber). Re-applying the mortar is easy, but you have to let it cure & then soak for a 3-5 days before using it, so that takes about a week to prep. I'd just vinegar soak, scrub, etc and start it up again. Treat it like a new screen though, so start out at a reduced intensity (50% or so) and ramp it up as the screen matures. For reference, the halfway point on the intensity compared to the 3/4 point is 2x the intensity. Then going to full doubles intensity again. So when you ramp from 3/4 to full, do it gradually over time.
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04/20/2019, 10:04 AM | #10164 |
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When you say reduced intensity do you mean shorter photo time? To actually doing something to the lights.
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04/20/2019, 08:16 PM | #10165 |
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I guess I should back up - do you have an L3? That would be an older version, before I added the ability to dim
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04/20/2019, 09:46 PM | #10166 |
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Yes. L3. No ability to dim here.
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04/21/2019, 09:14 AM | #10167 |
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this is what is growing in my screen now....
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04/21/2019, 05:49 PM | #10168 |
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that might just be the grossest growth I've ever seen
I think you need to vinegar soak that...or is that after you did that?? Nasty
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04/21/2019, 07:06 PM | #10169 |
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Do we have a standard led fixture thats accepted by most for the water scrubber?
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04/22/2019, 07:25 AM | #10170 |
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Actually you should be able to dim that fixture, it's just not as easy as turning a knob.
Shooting you an email
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04/22/2019, 11:27 AM | #10171 |
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Got the email.
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04/27/2019, 04:40 PM | #10172 |
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Would these fixtures be suitable for waterfall algae scrubber if I set the mode to RED?
Scrubber size is 18x14... thinking a set of 2 fixtures on each side. https://www.amazon.com/Dimmable-Wate...2&s=hi&sr=1-20
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04/27/2019, 07:27 PM | #10173 |
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Only 11W for the red-only channel, and it looks like it's intended to be decorative, so I would say no
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04/28/2019, 04:36 AM | #10174 |
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Do you have a preferred fixture for the non-diyers that you recommend?
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04/28/2019, 08:55 AM | #10175 |
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Not off the top of my head. There's so many of them out there, I would have to buy and vet them all
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