My rimless 57 gal oceanic illuminata build.

[pickupman66]

FYI, they do float quite well. I am going to build a smaller version and see if I can wedge it under some rocks in the corner of my tank. hidden but effective.

 

[H@rry]

I wonder if the plastic pot scrubbers would do the same thing?

 

[pickupman66]

H@rry, I heard that the plastic bath scrubbers are good too, but they would seem like major detritus traps to me.

 

[gmoney243]

No more.than balls of.chaeto would be. Besides pods eat algae and detritus and live and reed best in those areas from what ive read

 

[pickupman66]

Good Point...

 

[H@rry]

I guess the argument would be that the chaeto would utilize/consume the detritus about as fast as it accumulated it.

 

[Apet66]

Algae scrubber growth day 7. It's brown algae.

 

[schooleyosis]

Better on the scrubber than on the glass or rocks!!!

 

[Apet66]

Better on the scrubber than on the glass or rocks!!!

You can say that again.

 

[iiluisii]

Algae scrubber growth day 7. It's brown algae.

Good that means is doing it's job

 

[Apet66]

Should I clean it now?

 

[Genesis Corals]

No let it build up more. It will work more effectively if you leave some algae on it after cleaning it, you need algae to grow algae, so your next 7 days should be even better.

 

[Apet66]

No let it build up more. It will work more effectively if you leave some algae on it after cleaning it, you need algae to grow algae, so your next 7 days should be even better.

Cool, thanks!

 

[gmoney243]

Not necessarily i clean my screens completely and get tons of growth after 7 days. Even if i put on a new screen i get full sheet of algae after 1 week. What bulbs are you using and how close are the lights? My build thread somewhere has a pic of a new screen after 7 days full of gha. I find that the more algae you leave on the more dark algae grows and the less filtering it seems to do.

 

[Apet66]

Not necessarily i clean my screens completely and get tons of growth after 7 days. Even if i put on a new screen i get full sheet of algae after 1 week. What bulbs are you using and how close are the lights? My build thread somewhere has a pic of a new screen after 7 days full of gha. I find that the more algae you leave on the more dark algae grows and the less filtering it seems to do.

I'm using 2 - 23w 5000k, 1600 lumen cfl bulbs about 3" away from the screen on both sides.

 

[gmoney243]

Im using 26w 3700k at 2". Lower kelvin iw better and try closer

 

[Apet66]

I'll pick some up at Kmart next chance I get. Thanks Mike.

 

[gmoney243]

I use these from walmart. They are actually listed as t2 bulbs and are a bit thinner than regular cfl and ive noticed tons better growth from these than other 23-26w bulbs. Seems thinner is better in the flourescent lighting world.

 

[Apet66]

I bought the ones you sent the picture of Mike. It say they're 2700k not 3700k.

 

[gmoney243]

Cool hopefully u get good growth with them. Thougjt they was 3700 didnt actually look when i posted photo lol. But yea lower is better for algae more of red spectrum