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Originally Posted by karimwassef
Your views are certainly your own. No one is expecting investigation as long as you're clear that this is your experience and not absolute fact.
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Absolute fact? I believe that something is either factual, or not factual.
I use just red 660nm LEDs at a specific wattage, as recommended, & have done so for some time now. And the fact is, that grows very good green thick algae on a plastic screen. No other LED colors, very low wattage. That was my original point to Horace - that he could use a lot less Watts & get the same of better results.
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bold statementsin my previous post are the finding from Bud Turbo of Turbo'sAquatics. Copy & pasted from his forum. This is a guy with extensive experience in regards to algae scrubbers, & a guy who has conversed extensively with many other scrubber users, for a long time. Their findings, their views (including NASA), not just mine as you put it. If you want to argue their finding, you'll need to set up a proper experiment.
Look to salty jo for advice on that.
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Originally Posted by karimwassef
Interestingly, I'm not interested in just green algae. I've always believed in deversity and that extends to everything living. I actually find that the different algae strains in competition create a more interesting and robust algae mass.
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In regards to growing algae, purely as a means of nutrient export, a variety of algaes is not necessary. All that is needed for this is one algae, that grows reasonable fast & thick, over a period of 7 to 14 days. That will remove all the nutrients needed.