What is best way to restart my scrubber that went idle?
-> Reduce Photo Period?
-> Reduced Intensity?
-> Combination of both?
As I posted above my very active Scrubber went idle.
Still scratching my head why since plenty of Nutrients, N & P up there.
Let's put that aside for now.
I haven't pulled out the screen for a couple many weeks since nothing was appearing. Today I decided to look at their condition.
I did shoot TimeLapse Video and observed two Astrea's and one Cowrie polishing the screens with the little algae on there.
Astrea's have been removed, to cut back on screen cleaning/sterilizaton.
I smeared what little Algae was left at the Top of each screen over the cleaned areas. The areas they didn't reach since they don't like to come out of water. (These screen are submerged).
I don't need to rough up anymore, since there is good rough coralline on the screens (now). And they are prickly rough anyway.
Now I want to get screen going again.
My LED panel is dimmable (But I never used that feature).
I used to run 18-20 hours when Scrubber was active.
Now It's set at 12 hours to trigger some recovery and limit burn off.
Should I dim LED's and run more hours? Or run at max with less hours?