Newby question on ATS I just transfer my current 60 gal cube to a 110 new sand same rock and new water, i decided to try an ATS because cheato made a mess on my old sump. I decided to get a Clear water -100 m current readings before adding the ATS were with a photoperiod of 18 hours nitrate-5 Phosphate - .5 thats when i decided to get the scrubber online, its been a week and i started to see some brown slime on the screen and floating on my sump readings ara still holding steady at nitrate-10 Phosphate - .25 is this expected ? i know there is a break in time for it to start producing algea thank you in advance
It can take anywhere from a few weeks to a month or more for a scrubber to get ramped up. If you have specific questions about Clear Water scrubbers, I would recommend reaching out to Josh (the owner). There are many factors that can affect how quickly the screen will start up. 1 week is not long enough to tell anything. Rinse off the slime at least once or twice a week (just swipe with your palm and rinse in low flow room temp tap water).
thank you for the advice, i did clean the screen from the brown slime and im monitoring but if i dont see an GHA i will try to get un touch with CW. thank you, this is a great forum got a lot of good information before i even asked the question thanks again