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You don't need to be too aggressive. You can scrape lightly just to get the majority off.
The faster flow (left hand side of the screen) is growing in the conventional manner. The right hand side of the screen has gone crazy. 5 days...
Yep. Don't worry, it will come back.
It's taken a while but I've eventually come across a report which explains the survival of algae on the unlit (thick algae) part of the screen....
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Maturing nicely. Yep, I would give it a gentle wipe over.
This following statement would suggest that horizontals should be removed from the sump for cleaning, which seems to be born out by my experience...
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Going Brown; [MEDIA] [IMG]
Stay away from bubbles in my view. It creates excessive shear flow which may inhibit growth. Edit - you could perhaps use bubbles to create...
You mean solid acrylic? It's best to add a standard plastic mesh screen to it (roughed up) to provide settlement (growth) areas. If you can...
While I think about it, I've notice two changes which may or may not be related. Firstly, when the algae was receding on the screen the detritus...
Just two weeks ago, this was a bare patch of screen; [IMG] so, it looks like it does need an occasional scrape. Those tiny snails and stuff...
It's a bit vague with regard to wavelength;
Well, I've just been reading about how the circadian clock may be using blue light or UV to keep track of its anti-oxidant production, so maybe.
He he. I posted that link at the bottom of this post (second one down) http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/showpost.php?p=6697137&postcount=66...
This is interesting; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964830512002910 Reduction of cyano by increasing red light
Found this old article from W. Adey. "Toxic Organics Combined with solar ultraviolet, ATS...
Yeah, I know the vid is crap. It's better if you go to YouTube directly, and even then your eyesight has gotta be good. [MEDIA]
Algae recruitment underway; 20 hrs after adding net; [MEDIA]
