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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    Thanks Turbo. To fill in the blanks, yes I'm still feeding pellets 3 times a day, but not a lot, and 1 or 2 pinches of flakes a day as well. The...
    Post by: Paul, May 8, 2018 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    I keep getting this orange / brown slimy stuff on my screen instead of the nice green hair algae. See pictures attached. What am I doing...
    Post by: Paul, May 7, 2018 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    Forgot to post this on the 26th when I last pulled scrubber apart, inspected, and took photos, but here you go. It looks like it's finally taking...
    Post by: Paul, Mar 2, 2018 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    So here was 2 weeks of growth at 4 o'clock for 16 hours a day. There is some yellowish brown growth right where the lights hit it. Is this good...
    Post by: Paul, Feb 19, 2018 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    Any thoughts towards slowing shutting down my skimmer?
    Post by: Paul, Feb 7, 2018 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    Thanks for the idea. I pruned a little bit off with the brush, but left most of it as you suggested. I still have a fair amount of green hair...
    Post by: Paul, Feb 7, 2018 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    So I'm still at 14 hours a day at the 5 o'clock position and getting a lot of light green algae growth as seen in the following pictures. I've...
    Post by: Paul, Feb 6, 2018 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    Just cleaned a couple days ago and the brown slimy algae was all back. I think last time I cleaned too much algae off. Still have GHA in my...
    Post by: Paul, Jan 21, 2018 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    Thanks Turbo, that helps a lot. Here's the newest growth which was 16 days as I was gone on vacation. It's getting more full but kind of snotty...
    Post by: Paul, Jan 6, 2018 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    Thanks Turbo, I don't suppose you could post a picture of what a scrubber screen looks like after a cleaning so I have a visual to gauge if I'm...
    Post by: Paul, Dec 20, 2017 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    Here's my growth on 12/18 which is 12 days of growth from the last picture / cleaning. Is this an improvement? Is this when I need to start...
    Post by: Paul, Dec 19, 2017 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    I just want to be able to leave it out for about a week so I can see the flow dripping off the screen more easily. Just trying to see if I'm at...
    Post by: Paul, Dec 6, 2017 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    Last cleaning was November 27th, and it's now December 6th for another cleaning. I reduced the flow to where it's now just covering the whole...
    Post by: Paul, Dec 6, 2017 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    Thanks Turbo, I'll change out the pump to something lower in flow and adjust it to how you suggest. I may just put a tee on my jbao and have some...
    Post by: Paul, Nov 28, 2017 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    I have a Jebao DCT-6000 pump providing water on the lowest setting and it's only 6 inches straight below the ATS. 0 ppm (tested 2 days ago) 0.01...
    Post by: Paul, Nov 28, 2017 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    Two more cleanings later, still have a lot of brown hair algae and slime. Lighting is at 18 hours at 5 o'clock position. What do you suggest...
    Post by: Paul, Nov 27, 2017 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    I've harvested twice now. I'll start doing it every weekend. My flow might be a little high as I'm using a variable speed DC pump to feed it....
    Post by: Paul, Nov 6, 2017 in forum: General Discussion
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    Filtration Lighting L2 8 weeks growth, lighting adjustment?

    So here is my growth after 8 weeks. It's been slow going, but I have the intensity still at 6 o'clock and 14 hours of on time, what do I need to...
    Thread by: Paul, Nov 5, 2017, 36 replies, in forum: General Discussion
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    Unused L2 Rev 4 for Sale

    Is this still for sale?
    Post by: Paul, Jun 14, 2017 in forum: Classifieds for Turbo Algae Scrubbers
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