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06/25/2016, 07:30 AM | #8576 |
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06/25/2016, 08:01 AM | #8577 |
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Aren't you losing the surface area on the back of the mesh?
Why a cube and not a tube? With a tube of LEDs inside, you can run a cylinder of mesh around it?
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06/25/2016, 08:03 AM | #8578 |
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So, my front and back of the screens don't share water well. The front used to get it all but now it's much lower. The back looks to be growing much faster given that it had a 3 day delay. I'll have to wait for the first cleaning to get them in a fair race
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06/25/2016, 03:13 PM | #8579 |
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The water exits from holes in the bottom (three on each side), hits a slanted screen and then hits the walls of the middle section.
If it was a double sided screen it would need to be lit from the outside in, I'd get half the screen surface area. The LEDs would be way too close if I had the screen on the outside of the cylinder. Square works better for a few different reasons. |
06/25/2016, 09:44 PM | #8580 |
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Weekend growth pics...
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06/26/2016, 04:11 AM | #8581 |
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06/26/2016, 09:44 AM | #8582 |
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Any feedback/advice on my video of the 10 day old screen faces?
The growth has very long green algae filaments (about an inch long) but not very thick at the base.
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06/26/2016, 09:52 AM | #8583 |
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Green hair is what you want. Your tank must have been in good shape to begin with. Mine produces thicker brown algae with smaller amounts of green hair
I think I have high PO4 though. I do have GHA growing out of the rocks. I have just recently started a media reactor with GFO |
06/26/2016, 01:09 PM | #8584 |
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No tanks for us right now; just test tanks.
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06/26/2016, 02:32 PM | #8585 |
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I mean the length vs. thickness. I have long thin hair, but I think I want short thick hair?
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06/26/2016, 02:46 PM | #8586 |
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Well, you can't expect that to happen overnight. Once you have an established base of growth, then after each cleaning the wheel won't have to be reinvented, so the growth will start out thicker and stronger.
Right now, the fine strands is generally what you are going to get. Just need to give it time.
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06/27/2016, 05:22 PM | #8587 |
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Day 13 - I couldn't wait another day for the two weeks... so today was the first scrape!
Starting - here's the blue side here's the red side The hair algae was very long In some cases, over a foot long for a single strand (this is in two weeks!) After the first heavy scrape One side done and the other side With both cleaned, it's more see-through.. That's a lot of gunk, but it's very green and thick.
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06/27/2016, 05:23 PM | #8588 |
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Here's the cleaning station, the hose has tank water from the main return pump so I can use it to wash with tank water into the sink.
ready to go back in It's almost pretty removed as much of the liquid as I could total "squeezed" weight = 428grams (almost a pound in two weeks). and back in place
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06/27/2016, 05:25 PM | #8589 |
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so... I think it's fair to say that it's working reasonably well for a two week old scrubber.
Based on this first crop, I would expect to export one lb/week? If I let it go, it would likely get to 4 lbs a month? I feel strange throwing it away... so much life! I usually keep it in my algae tank, but this much export is more than it can handle.
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06/28/2016, 07:43 AM | #8590 |
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That's awesome! I would expect at least 1 lb/week if not double that. How many hrs/day are you running the lights?
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06/28/2016, 08:08 PM | #8591 |
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I'm running 24/7... Algae doesn't seem to get light exhaustion.
I did find out that adding more loads to the same power supply sapped the current and reduced the par. I'm going to modify the lights' power grid to create a higher consistent PAR. Looks like 400 PAR was the sweet spot.
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06/29/2016, 12:27 AM | #8592 |
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Holy frijoles! A pound of algae stinks to high heaven in the trash after a day!! The garage is abominable! I've never experienced this before, but I've never had this much export before either.
Anyone else deal with this? I need to take it out immediately next time.
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06/29/2016, 04:12 AM | #8594 |
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ok. decided to add a plastic sheet cover - yes. I capitulated to popular opinion (and a couple of LEDs started to flicker).
I think it's an acetate sheet - I've had it for a year so I don't remember It's foldable and will hold a crease It's a little hard to see because it's so clear and reinstalled the bottom corner is a little imperfect, so you can see the plastic better here
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That corner looks horrible. You must redo the entire thing. LEDs, plumbing, plastic, all of it.
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No Mr crazy reef devil on my left shoulder... I resist that temptation and will accept my imperfection in my pursuit of reef nirvana. I acknowledge the poor workmanship and accept it as part of the journey...
For now ...
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Please don't put foreign algae into a sewage or drain system.
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Meaning, if you have too much intensity, then you hit a point where you won't grow anything. But if you find that right level, you can run it as long as you want. That is also assuming nothing else changes, meaning, available nutrients. So if you start off with a bang and then over time your available nutrients drop significantly, your light level then might be too much. Apart from dimming, the only way to adjust intensity is to shade, diffuse, or adjust position/distance. But it's a moving target since everyone's tank is different.
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