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First time start up ..nothing unusual. Take a few seconds for Halides to warm up. Then a few minutes later are usually full brightness.
Doesn't sound right. I would take it back where you got it.
Voted yes but I have to keep the room cold.. 73 at night 77 in the day when it's 100 degrees here in Dallas. It run my electric bill up close to $400...
I recently switched to XM 250W 20K from BlueLife SPS 14K. I love them both and can't decide which I like better. I enjoy the blue from the XM but I...
Sweet!
Yeah, I give an occasional squirt of iron/manganese. I don't have derbesia... it's "turf" algae.. the red brown matt algae. Most scrubbers will grow...
It could work but I would find out what kelvin it is. If it's not on the package contact the manufacturer and see if they know. you want something in...
The light needs to be directly in front of it. What type of bulb is it? Kelvin/type and how much flow is going over the screen? You can't run the...
My acrylic skills have gotten a little better lol.. My scrubber is falling apart. I need to redo it with some proper weld-on that I bought. (used the...
No... i've thought about putting the pump on a timer to make it on/off but I think it would be hard on the pump..I'm just gonna leave it the way it...
Yeah, it's not in it.. it's on top of it.
Screen shot of the aquastatix app: [ATTACH] It's ok.. charts params.. has a notepad so I know how long since I changed my GFO ,carbon ect. [ATTACH]...
Recently got that one.. use it everyday at work.
Did it fail because it was an algae scrubber system only or because a lack of knowledge of how to properly run them? If you read the entire marine...
You can put the pump on a "on-off" schedule to get surge effect. Maybe 1 hour on or 1 hour off. I haven't done that yet but it will help the algae...
Agreed with all that. Don't break them off. I mash them. Of course at this point I'm not trying to necessarily rid my tank of them.. I just try to...
Usually dKh,ca,mag weekly. PO4 every two weeks. No3 rarely now days.
I wish I could help ya it doesn't look good. I have a pink w/ blue mouth and a blue one. I really love the green but I'm afraid it will die on me.....
I've had them for a long time. I bought a copperbanded butterfly because they say sometimes they will pick at them but the fish died. I mash them...
How is it doing?
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