Sabbaths L2 progress

Here is the screen after 5 weeks and 10 days from a cleaning.

I'm running the light 3hrs on then 3 off. 3 times a day for a total of 9 hrs each day.

 

Ok and what is the thought with doing this? I understand the top area to keep the flow. But the rinsing and pods stuff?

 

Those sneaky little buggers. Thanks

 

Here is another update. It is getting a little better everyday. I'm even partial dosing Zeovit stuff to clean the algae up. It appears in the short run to have stopped the growth on the rocks and its still advancing on the ATS screen.

 

Thought I should take a few pics of the DT algae. This way I'm not just going off of what I think might be happening.

 

Week 7 it is starting to grow HA in spots yeah! I scrapped around the thicker spots on the screen while running it under water. Does that sound right? I'm thinking that I should not remove too much of the good stuff at this point.

 

Yeah. I'm running the L2 LEDs;
Starting at 8pm.
On for 3 hrs,
Off for 3,
On for 3,
Off for 3,
On for 3
So I'm running the lights 9 hrs a day.

Also note: I just changed the Zeo stones today so the next 2 weeks might be weaker. We will see..

 

The 2x5hrs would give it an extra hour. Maybe that would help? What do you think of 5hrs on, 3hrs off, 5hrs on per say. This would give it an extra hour and a good 3 hour break in the middle.

 

Ok. That could be a great learning tool. Set up a couple L2's and try different things with them and see how they react. Installing a new screen from time to time..

Also I wonder if you could sell the aged screens from your tests to jump start the new ATS that you sell.

 

I changed the Zeolites (Stones) Sunday and man Monday I really had a spike in glass pane algae. This is from the new stones needing to be aged with bacteria. But I did not see a spike on the ATS screen?
I just changed the light timer to straight 9hrs and to end just before the display lights come on. Hmmm

 

What do you guys think? I speed up the flow to having the valve about 95% open. If I go higher he water starts to pull streams perpendicular to the screen in spots.
I'm thinking of pulling Zeo as well. Maybe then I won't have a bacteria that is as good at killing algae on the rocks as it is at the stuff on the screen?