looking for comments on design w/ pics

I picked up a scrubber a few weeks ago from a fellow reefer. He wanted to go a different route so I picked it up. And tore it apart


I replaced the slot pipe. Added a light blocker.

 

Screen as of today (4 weeks) 45min on 30min off 24/7

 

8red 2 blue

 

The led driver was replaced last week cause the last one hit the sump.

 

Also on the wiring should I leave all the LEDs in serial? I'm a concrete guy not a electrician.

 

It keeps the water contained . There is crazing and bubbles in the seams but I don't plan on it ever holding water, lol

I was hoping you would say I could just cut the wires and run them in series. Any suggestion on a driver/dimmer dial? I'll move them to a separate driver. Also what do I need to make them dimmable? I can't seem to find a dc forward phase dimmer, or I don't know what to look for.

 

I Meant parallel . I was hoping you would say I could just wire the last two parallel.

 

the screen isn't real rough so I might replace it. It doesn't seem to attach well. I trapped algae squares with a net basket over the night. I've got the flow down to a good sheen with no dead spots. I can't see the bottom of the screen. Also my screen could be 1" wider .

 

Semi local. We both live in Florida.

 

Cleaned this thing a few times so far. It looks like this weekly and when I clean it everything comes off. Too clean though! (It looks greenish in the pic but in the sun it looks almost black.) I mean the screen looks white and there is nothing in the little pits and crevices. I try to leave some behind but it washes away when I rinse it off.

 

That was prolly closer to 3 weeks of growth.

I think I'm going to cut the screen down a bit. Right now it's 6"w x10"h both sides lit. I have a mortar screen I've been seeding. Also I would say two cubes a day is my max feeding currently.

 

Introduced velvet when I brought home a wall hammer from reef-a-palooza last month. Lost all large fish. Only a chromis and clown goby made it. So my feeding has been cut way back.

I continue to clean in a criss-cross style. I also cut about 3" off the screen(been wanting to cut it down and seen no reason not to). 6" x7" double sided. The algae is still a short dark green mat. I wonder if I should cut it way down and see what happens.

I've never been able to get a change in the type of algae grown on the screen. Any idea what the limiting factors could be?

 

I clean it every 14 days and have never observed detachment.

Also my atman pump started leaking 92v into the system so I've been skimmerless for 1.5 months also.. Now searching for a replacement, lol