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[QUOTE=SantaMonica;25476396]Cladophora ("angel hair")
That stuff grows like wild!!!! You can almost watch it grow Sent from my SM-G930VL using Tapatalk |
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08/03/2018, 12:45 PM | #10030 |
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https://www.lowes.com/pd/OPTIX-Commo...Panels/4777774 prismatic diffuser for ceiling light fixtures. Cut by scoring with a razor knife several times, you will eventually cut through it. It's brittle so it tends to shatter if you score & snap, so use eyewear
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08/04/2018, 09:39 AM | #10031 | |
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08/24/2018, 09:37 PM | #10032 |
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I have always had excellent algae growth on my scrubber screens using just 660nm spectrum, for salt water. But recently I did some testing on a fresh water test tank & haven't had good growth at all. I used water from my outdoor pond & added pellet food to let rot, rather than putting fish in.
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08/27/2018, 09:02 AM | #10034 |
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My ATS screen, which used to pick up a real good amount of green algae every week or two, has not been growing anything of significance for the past couple months. Just some light colored slime, no green growth.
I treated my tank with fluconazole, following the instructions as exactly as I could. I stopped running the ATS during the treatment, and didn't put the screen back in until after a week following the treatment and about a dozen or more small water changes (3-5%). Is it possible that some of the medicine remained in the tank following my water changes and killed all the algae on the screen when I replaced it? If so, should I start a new screen? I've since added the ability to do larger water changes more frequently, so I've changed about 10-15% of my tank water a couple dozen times over the past 6 weeks or so. |
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08/28/2018, 03:14 AM | #10037 |
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I always see SantaMonica posting these growth shots of nice thick lush GHA. My scrubber never gets nice and green or lush and thick. It's always slimy and very dark green.
While I'm certainly not complaining, it does keep the DT algae free, just seems odd I can never grow the thick GHA I see in these growth shots.
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And remember that dark green slime removes more nutrients from the water, per gram, than GHA. You just need to use a brush for cleaning, and do it more often.
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Good to know, thanks Santamonica! I do clean my screen about once a week, any longer and it starts to block the water flow through the slot pipe. I scrape the screen with an old credit card. Should I not be cleaning it so well? I do have some GHA that has actually stuck to the screen, but the center where it's mostly light green and really slimy cleans off back to a clean screen.
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08/28/2018, 04:15 AM | #10040 |
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A pic would help but the outer areas are probably filling the holes with slime, which don't pull out; they need brushing.
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A pic I will get then. I just cleaned my screen the other day, but the next time I pull it to clean it, I will get a pic.
Actually I hear it now. Must be blocking the slot pipe again and loading up on the end up the pipe. Give me a couple minutes and I'll post a pic.
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08/28/2018, 04:25 AM | #10042 |
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When you say GHA are you meaning ulva?
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Pics as promised. sorry for the extra post, it's just much easier to post photos from tapatalk.
Setup is just a black acrylic box with a gate valve in the outlet and a gate on the inlet to adjust flow, and 2 20W grow spot lights on separate timers. Screen after a few days. The bottom part is where the nice thick algae resides and does not scrub off. You can see where the screen is white is where I don't get any growth that actually attaches. Inside of the box with screen running. Like I said I'm not super worried as I have no algae in my DT, just curious why mine is not lush and green like most pics you post. All I get is this slimy snotty algae. About a half cup once a week in an 85G total system volume where I feed roughly 1 cube a day. Lol don't pick on my fabrication, it's the first time I ever worked with weldon and acrylic.
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Ulva, GHA, whatever, it's algae and looks like hair to me. lol I don't care what type it is, as long as it grows on my screen and not in my display.
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I wouldn't refer to ulva as GHA. Pretty sure the GHA that grows in displays isn't ulva, & certainly not anything like what grows on my screen. |
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Also, I was wondering if you (or anyone else) had thoughts on using these as lighting. They say they're waterproof but I wanted to double check they're safe to use for this application. |
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Not exactly sure whats wrong with my DIY, but sure. Go for it. If you mean the lights and the black tape.... Those are actually soldered together with 3 pieces of shrink wrap on them, and the tape. Now they certainly are not waterproof, but will be fine for condensation. And the lights themselves are screwed into the box with nylon screws and wingnuts for easy removal.
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