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05/05/2017, 09:38 PM | #9477 |
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how did you successfully remove the various lifeforms? Did you rinse the caulerpa under a powerful flow? |
05/05/2017, 10:47 PM | #9478 |
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I put is on an eggcrate shelf over a large container of water.. many dropped down as it dried up but I did have to flush it with saltwater to get more to drop off.
I didn't have this problem with hair algae (my preference) since I could put it directly in the tank and the life either dropped out or was consumed by the fish. My fish don't like the caulerpa very much. They would only eat it when they were short of starving.
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I apologize if this has been asked and answered. Please direct me if so.
With the ATS will it still work if dosing carbon, vodka, vinegar, phosphate remover? Thank you Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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05/08/2017, 11:29 PM | #9480 |
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If enough is dosed, and if nutrients are already low, then the scrubber will not grow much.
If phosphate is 0.2 or higher, and nitrate 5.0 or higher, then the scrubber should grow ok with the dosing.
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05/12/2017, 05:50 AM | #9481 |
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Maybe someone can help.
I have my sump set up with an ATS as per the directions by the experts here on this forum as pictured below. The screen is 6 x 4. The problem is that there is an 8" gap between the screen and the water level in my sump causing a lot of splashing noise. My first though was to simply lower the ATS but then how will I be able to light it? (again see picture attached to this post) Do I make the screen 6 x 12? Any advise or ideas will be appreciated. Thank y ou for your time.
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05/12/2017, 06:24 AM | #9482 |
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From my readings you can make the screen longer so it reaches your sump, just don't rough up that section so algae doesn't grow on that section.
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05/12/2017, 08:05 AM | #9483 |
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What homer said. Take a plain piece of canvas (can even be the #4 which has larger holes) and use the small zip-ties to connect the 2 screens together. Don't tighten them down to the point where they overlap, leave it loose like a hinge so that the screens almost touch each other but line up vertically. If you play with the rotation of the zip ties after you thread them through and partially tighten them down, you can get it so that the water sheets nearly perfectly from one screen to the next
Tightening them down so that they overlap will cause the water on one side to splash a bit as it hits the "ridge". For some, that's an issue.
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Hello ATS Experts....Please see pictures below. I am getting some growth, Diatoms?, but as you can see it is not growing evenly. Is the light too strong? Too close? Any advice as to what is going on?
I followed all of the parameters. Running the lights 16 hours on and 8 hours off. They are off from 6AM - 2PM The lights being used are: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Thank you all for your help.
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05/24/2017, 08:08 AM | #9487 |
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A new screen takes time to mature, you are just getting a start, and that usually takes the form of diatoms or thin brown growth. So, that's rather normal.
What is not normal is the bare spot in the middle. Since it's perfectly round, it can be only one thing: photosaturation. That is, too much light intensity. With LEDs, you have to be particularly careful of this because they are a more focused/directed light source by nature. When you have no algae growth, there is nothing to adsorb the incident light energy, so whatever algae that gets a foothold there is immediately overwhelmed. Also, the 18 hours rule is mainly for CFL/fluorescent, which is less directed/intense. With LED, I would start with 9 hrs/day and wait for a screen to start to mature before going longer (depending on dimmability) Once your screen starts to get more mature, you can start hitting it with more intensity and longer photoperiod, but not right away. To solve this in your situation, the first thing is to back down the photoperiod until you start getting growth. However this will not solve the photoinhibition part, because the intensity causes photoinhibition almost instantly. If you are stuck with the position of the fixtures, then you can sometimes "get past" that roadblock by breaking up the photoperiod into smaller chunks (30-60 minutes with 15m dark) and/or alternating which light is on, but this usually takes time. The better thing to do is decrease intensity. 1) dim the lamp. Usually this is not an option for a stock lamp 2) back it off (distance). Move the lights back an inch, maybe two, and see what happens. Adjust position if you don't see new growth covering the center within about 5-6 days (you should at least see some brown coloration) 3) place a diffuser in front of the lamp. Sometimes this works perfect, other times it blocks too much of the light. So you may have to experiment. Make sure you don't put any diffusing material directly on the face of the lamp (heat, melting, etc) 4) remove the lenses from the lamp (it goes without saying that this option will generally void any warranty). Most of these PAR type lamps have a bezel that is screwed on, when you remove the screws the lenses can be removed. This allows the LED light to spread out, and the intensity is less focused. The flipside of that is that now you have essentially widened the "cone" of intensity of the light right in front of the lamp, and this can cause the light to spread out a lot more. So your position you have them in now might actually end up being a bit too far away after removing the lenses, but moving the lamp closer means exposing the circuit board to salt spray (actually, removing the lenses does that too). You can cut a thin sheet of plastic (1/16" or 1/32" lexan from home depot works) into a circle and glue that to the outside of the bezel after you remove the lenses and out it back on, the bezel will block some of the now non-focused light, but you can move the lamp closer. Or you could fashion a clear cover to replace the bezel.
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Odd because I have the exact lighting that I am suppose to have. Oh well. Dimming and moving the lights are not options. Going to try changing from 16 hours on to 9 hours on to see what happens. Hopefully, that'll do the trick. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Should I try any of these lights? https://www.amazon.com/Aptoyu-Plant-...Led+grow+light https://www.amazon.com/AFAITH-Adjust...Led+grow+light https://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Hortic...led+grow+light Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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I'm not saying that your lights are improperly sized - it's just that off-the-shelf LED lamps/fixtures all work differently, and each system is different, so it's hard to predict what is and is not going to work. And mainly, the initial stages is where that matters. Usually once you start to get growth, you'll be fine. One thing I did just notice is that the lamp you have has quite a bit of 630nm in it, I don't recommend using any of that. It might not seem like it makes a difference, but 630nm Red LED is about 3x the intensity of 660nm Deep Red, so that could also be adding to the issue. What might help is taking the lenses out for only those LEDs (and the blues) and leaving the lenses on the DRs...that's if the lens package is individual lenses and not a molded single group. Another possible solution for protection after removing lenses is using clear tape. Usually I don't recommend clear tape because when you're right in front of the LED, you get a lot of energy and this can cause heating both from proximity and from light adsorption. But you can try it and keep an eye on it (maybe test it out away from the tank). I've had Royal Blue LEDs at 0.5" from a clear diffuser that eventually actually melted a hole in the lens, but it wasn't enough heat to be a fire hazard (it took a year)
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I read your comments. My timer can't do 15 min increments only 30 so I am going to do 1 hour on 30 min. Off for 9 hours on total. Also, should I just buy these bulbs then? They are deep red at 660nm and do not have any 630nm. https://www.amazon.com/ABI-Booster-F...s=Deep+red+led Thanks Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Hello ALL! Below are pictures of my ATS. I am actually getting some nice green coming in but still having issues growing it consistently on the entire screen.
1)I have changed the bulbs to this one. https://www.amazon.com/ABI-Booster-F...+Red+660nm+LED 2) Only have lights on for 9 hrs a day. 3hrs On one Hour OFF. 3) Lights are 4 inches away from the screen at an angle. Any advise would be much appreciated.
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06/08/2017, 07:20 AM | #9494 |
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That's pretty much textbook photosaturation. Looks like pretty tight lensing.
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06/08/2017, 07:22 AM | #9495 |
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I didn't realize until I posted that - same post as above, different lamp. But, the issue is still the same, the intensity is still too high. Can you remove any of the lenses from that lamp?
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Could put a mirror in front of the lamp to help defuse the intensity...
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Or a piece of plexi glass that's not totally clear
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06/08/2017, 08:25 AM | #9498 |
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Or diffuser, but it would probably have to stand off the face of the lamp.
This is the diffuser material I have used in the past. Just the 2x2 or 2x4 sheets from Lowes (in the acoustic ceiling tile section) and score & snap it (carefully, it shatters & throws shards) the pic would help
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I have an idea and I'd like to run it by the experts here.
I'm working on a large solar lit peninsula tank design and I'm looking to add a large inverted tank (vacuum lifted) over the far wall. This will be a surge tank where a vacuum raises the water up into the tank and when it releases, the content flood down into the tank. This happen intermittently most of the time so the tank will actually be full more than it it is empty. The tank is 12' x 8'. The inverted surge tank is 2' high x 1' thick x 8' (against the full 8' short wall end of the DT). I'll add pics. It just so happens that the inverted tank (usually full of water) will be exposed to full sunlight. It will be fed from the main surge return and elevated with a vacuum pump. And I wonder if it can double as an inverted bubble scrubber?? Basically, I would add an airstream at the bottom and new water fed at the top (vacuum running to offset bubbles). What could stop this from being an effective scrubber?
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06/08/2017, 01:36 PM | #9500 |
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That sounds so insane, I don't even know how to answer it!! Pics or it didn't happen....I mean....pics or I can't understand it at all lol
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