Mega Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover - DIY!

[SantaMonica]

Bare.

Get "wide angle", which is also called "lambertian". It is 120 to 140 degrees beam spread.

[Ahhyi]

Any bros got any idea where can I get something like this. I sucks in DIY. I prefer something off the shelf and plug play de. U can call me lazy. I dun care. My DIY project always end up more ex and not as efficient as off the shelf items.

I have a sump tank. If u are selling one can ctc me. Thanks 96639o88

[spkentchai]

Any bros got any idea where can I get something like this. I sucks in DIY. I prefer something off the shelf and plug play de. U can call me lazy. I dun care. My DIY project always end up more ex and not as efficient as off the shelf items.

I have a sump tank. If u are selling one can ctc me. Thanks 96639o88

I have one of the bro done it for me at a small price and bought the eshine LED. contact me if need.

[kutrax82]

About 10 by 12 inch screen in the sump, have been running UAS from my old tank to the current new. Powered by 660nm led.

[sty68]

Red algae grow on the screen and have to clean it every week.

[kusboy]

Any bros got any idea where can I get something like this. I sucks in DIY. I prefer something off the shelf and plug play de. U can call me lazy. I dun care. My DIY project always end up more ex and not as efficient as off the shelf items. I have a sump tank. If u are selling one can ctc me. Thanks 96639o88

Bro if u looking for quality scrubber but don't mind the shipping charges, I would recommend you Floyd r turbo led scrubber. Well build and proven to work. His website: https://www.turbosaquatics.com/

[tqut]

Bro if u looking for quality scrubber but don't mind the shipping charges, I would recommend you Floyd r turbo led scrubber. Well build and proven to work. His website: https://www.turbosaquatics.com/

Wah now got commercial units

[SantaMonica]

Phosphate flow out of rocks

Many people, when they get their scrubber running for the first time, get worried when more (not less) algae starts to grow on their rocks. It seems really strange, especially when nitrate and phosphate have gone lower than before. What is happening is that phosphate is coming out of the rocks. Remember, phosphate is invisible, so you can only see the effects of it, and it always "flows" from higher concentrations to lower concentrations (just like heat does).

Example: If your room is warm, and you put a cold object on the floor, heat from the air in the room will "flow" into the object until the object and the air are the same temperature. Example 2: If you put a hot object on the floor, heat will "flow" out of the object and go into the air in the room, again, until the air and the object are the same temperature. Now suppose you open your windows (in the winter). The warm air in your room will go out the windows, and it will get colder in the room. The object on the floor is now warmer than the air, so heat will flow out of the object and into the air, and then out the window.

Think of phosphate as the heat, and your rocks as the object, and your windows as the scrubber. As the scrubber pulls phosphate out of the water, the phosphate level in the water drops. Now, since the phosphate level in the water is lower than the phosphate level in the rocks, phosphate flows from the rocks into the water, and then from the water into the scrubber. This continues until the phosphate levels in the rocks and water are level again. And remember, you can't see this invisible flow.

This flow causes an interesting thing happens. As the phosphate comes out of the rocks, it then becomes available to feed algae as soon as the phosphate reaches the surface of the rocks where there is light. So, since the surface of the rocks is rough and has light, it starts growing MORE algae there (not less) as the phosphate comes out of the rocks. This is a pretty amazing thing to see for the first time, because if you did not know what was happening you would probably think that the algae in the scrubber was leaking out and attaching to your rocks. Here are the signs of phosphate coming out of the rocks:

1. The rocks are older, and have slowly developed algae problems in the past year.

2. The scrubber is new, maybe only a few months old, and has recently started to grow well.

3. Nitrate and phosphate measurements in the water are low, usually the lowest they have been in a long time.

4. Green hair algae (not brown) on the rocks has increased in certain spots, usually on corners and protrusions at the top.

5. The glass has not needed cleaning as much.

Since skimmers, filter socks, etc don't remove any nitrate and phosphate, and waterchanges and macro's in a fuge don't remove much, most people have never seen the effects of large amounts of phosphate coming out of the rocks quickly. But sure enough, it does. How long does it continue? For 2 months to a year, depending on how much phosphate is in the rocks, how strong your scrubber is, and how many other phosphate-removing filters you have (GFO, carbon dosing, etc). But one day you will see patches of white rock that were covered in green hair the day before; this is a sure sign that the algae are losing their phosphate supply from the rocks and can no longer hold on. Now it's just a matter of days before the rocks are clear.

[SantaMonica]

Very nice scrubber-only tank:

http://algaescrubber.net/forums/showthread.php?2702-180g-Show-Tank&p=35853&viewfull=1#post35853

His personal page:

http://home.comcast.net/~dgrigor/

[Idil Stephanie]

Massive loads of useful information on this thread. I'm gonna make myself 1 this week!

[SantaMonica]

Pics pics!

[xiggie]

Pics pics !!

[SantaMonica]

Is that sun powered?

[xiggie]

No , it in the cabinet sump, no sun there only LEDs , not a good one infact. Still waiting for some grow bulbs to come in the mail.

[SantaMonica]

Yes from the dark color it looks like it needs more light.

[sherman]

My 2 sets of ATS 1st set

[sherman]

2nd set

[sherman]

Both set install 6 weeks ago. Yesterday first harvest1st set with. Red leds

[sherman]

2nd set with mix led

[sherman]

2nd set with mix led

[SantaMonica]

Very nice!

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... because the Mega Powerful is for waterfall scrubbers

[sherman]

Hi Santa Done

[yongshun]

hi santa, my scrubber has been running wif led for around 3 mths...this is the color of the algae on the screen for one week...is it good?

[SantaMonica]

Is very dark, can you do more light or more hours?

[yongshun]

ok. will try to increase the running hrs...current 16 hrs...will try 18hrs