Algae Scrubber Basics

immokalee98 said:
Is the algae that comes off of the scrubber just waste or can it be fed to the tangs in the tank?
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I don't see why not but you would have to dry it out or something to get it to be big pieces or it will just pollute the system with it. Also as long as you where still exporting more then you feed.
 
immokalee98 said:
Is the algae that comes off of the scrubber just waste or can it be fed to the tangs in the tank?
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I don't see why not but you would have to dry it out or something to get it to be big pieces or it will just pollute the system with it. Also as long as you where still exporting more then you feed.
 
Plants of the same size were continuously irradiated with light from a lighting device equipped with 630nm red LEDs, a device with 430nm blue LEDs and a pink-colored LED light composed of half red LEDs and half blue LEDs.
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This has been covered, their ratio is off but you want between 5:1 and 8:1 red:blue not 1:1 and the LEDs are not 'pink' they just look like that when you blend red and blue. The 1W are fine if you can cram them close enough together. personally I would just use 3W and use name brand like Philips from Steve's LEDs where you know what you are getting instead of a grab-bag or bottom-of-the-barrel bin selection. You get what you pay for.
 
Floyd R Turbo said:
This has been covered, their ratio is off but you want between 5:1 and 8:1 red:blue not 1:1 and the LEDs are not 'pink' they just look like that when you blend red and blue. The 1W are fine if you can cram them close enough together. personally I would just use 3W and use name brand like Philips from Steve's LEDs where you know what you are getting instead of a grab-bag or bottom-of-the-barrel bin selection. You get what you pay for.
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if i knew about this before, i would have bought that... anyways 1w had been suggested on the thread coz of distance....
 
Yes, 1W LEDs are fine, in fact 3x 1W LED has more radiometric output that 1x 3W LED, but what you run into is a spacing issue, which I believe was also mentioned. That being that you have to mount the LED quite literally right next to each other, which makes soldering difficult, but not impossible. You can get about the same effect by using 3W LEDs and then putting a diffuser in front of them, the way I do it is by keeping 1" clear in front of the LEDs to the diffuser, then another 1" between the diffuser and the screen. This IMO allows the reds and blue to blend together well.
 
Floyd R Turbo said:
Yes, 1W LEDs are fine, in fact 3x 1W LED has more radiometric output that 1x 3W LED, but what you run into is a spacing issue, which I believe was also mentioned. That being that you have to mount the LED quite literally right next to each other, which makes soldering difficult, but not impossible. You can get about the same effect by using 3W LEDs and then putting a diffuser in front of them, the way I do it is by keeping 1" clear in front of the LEDs to the diffuser, then another 1" between the diffuser and the screen. This IMO allows the reds and blue to blend together well.
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Kool... can i use a blue SMD led? its really tiny and they come in range of 0.25w and even below... im talking about the one used in strip led. as mine is just 3x1w, i cant go for 1x1w blue...
 
Since there has been space issue, and my ATS screen is too thin, ill have to go for UAS. here are the things i came across when i was looking in my aquarium stuff junk.. good i dont throw my used/unused stuff (its 6" in lenght) :

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immokalee98 said:
Is the algae that comes off of the scrubber just waste or can it be fed to the tangs in the tank?
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I put a small green piece in the display last time I cleaned a screen to see what would happen and the tangs went wild for it. But I have a problem putting nasty stuff I'm trying to take out of the tank right back into it. Probably no worse than the food they normally get, circle of life blahblahblah but I'll have to think about it some more - next year.
If you end up experimenting, please report back with findings.
 
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