My Algae Scrubber Experience

[ALang]

Denny, that light fixture...you got that at HD??
Nice fisherman's knot, btw.

[Proteus]

I went to hydro light on fort road just north of red coral. They have lots of lights in the proper spectrums for plant growth. I picked up some 24 inch t5 HO from there

[jagermaier]

What if I were to run the screens down the inside walls of my display tank overflow. It gets plenty of light from my main light and seems like I have some growing in there already anyways. Would that be a good idea or not?

[pirate]

Originally Posted by jagermaier

What if I were to run the screens down the inside walls of my display tank overflow. It gets plenty of light from my main light and seems like I have some growing in there already anyways. Would that be a good idea or not?

I was thinking the same thing. So has anybody tried it this way yet? Or will I be the first?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by pirate

I was thinking the same thing. So has anybody tried it this way yet? Or will I be the first?

algae will grow if theres nutrients and light, the idea is to get as much growth as possible. in the link above its recommended to keep the lights 4" away and 20hrs on and 4 hrs off. i have my refugium light only 12" away but i didnt think it would be strong enough to get the full effect so i now have 2 lights on the ats alone both 4" from the surface.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by reefwars

18hrs on and 4 hrs off

That's a total of 22 hrs just a really friendly heads up =)

*cough*mvp*cough*

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by lastlight

That's a total of 22 hrs just a really friendly heads up =)

*cough*mvp*cough*

thanks brett aka MVP


sorry yes 20 and 4 lol pp

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by lastlight

That's a total of 22 hrs just a really friendly heads up =)

*cough*mvp*cough*

sorry what i meant to say is that for 2 hrs a day it just completely dissapears into thin air

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by ALang

Denny, that light fixture...you got that at HD??
Nice fisherman's knot, btw.

no this was a light i had here, ive decided with the small amount of room i have ill be using 2 (clamp lights??) that ways i can clamp it onto my sump and curve it over the clutter lol


day 1 and there is some small blotches of brown algae.....was expecting a perfectly clear screen by the time i got home today as i only started it last night lol at this rate ill have algae in no time