Equipment diy ATS

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    hy guys , this is my new diy ATS ,started a week ago, please critique, what i'm doing right an what i'm doing wrong... :)

    it is made in plexiglass 2mm , 3 x 14mm drains, 12x18cm mesh, 2.4w warm white led for each side , 24/7 , 1/2 cube a day, 400l/h pump.

    the tank is 100 liters , 5 fish , sps , lps doft corals.
     

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    I wouldn't say you're doing anything "wrong" necessarily, hard to judge at this stage. You're getting some growth, starting a bare screen from scratch can take a few months before it really gets going to the point be being effective filtration.

    I'd stay the course at this point.

    The lighting may not be ideal - white might not yield the best results, but right now it doesn't look like it's doing horribly. It also looks like it's only covering about 1/4 to 1/3 of the screen effectively, but again, you're not getting a "hotspot" so that's good, and your screen appears oversized in relation to the amount you feed and the size of your system, so that sort of balances out.

    The build looks nice, the drip-bar is interesting. Are those screw-in fittings on the underside of the pipe, or just tubes bonded on? Looks like you're getting nice even flow.

    Thanks for sharing, I think I saw you post this on FB
     
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    day 11 - it's time to clean ? - phosphates 0,03 - nitrates 20
     

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    Just rinse under tap water and swipe your palm across each side, rinse again, good to go
     
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    Hi, i've made some modifications to the scrubber , trasparent tubes don't work well because algae grow inside and clogg the tube.
     

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    Changed light to red and blu 6w total
     

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    I wondered about that!

    Looking good
     
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    update at 7 days
     

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    i see difference moving from total 6w to total 10w at day 7 , there is a central paler patch and a sort of hair algae at day 14, 4 days after the first clean.
     

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    Day 19 - update
     

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    I would not harvest anything until you have at least 1/4" of growth. Just rub & rinse to detach any loosely attached growth.
     
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    thank you for your advises but i did remove the slime algae to let green hair algae to grow
     

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    is it normal the slime algae at first ?
     
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    Yes, there is almost always a slime stage initially. Some last longer than others
     
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    I’m starting to see some algae ( not slimy one) in the screen :)
     

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    I see the first gha at day 45
     

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    Real first harvest at day 48
     

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    i'm thinking about an upgraded ats but i don't have any idea about what led driver do i need for my led light configuration, i need the voltage , amps for the picture below .. thanks
     

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    You need to put them all in series, not parallel
     
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