Algae turf scrubber and algae
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Reincarnate
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What's an ATS? Isn't the whole point to avoid "excessive" algae to begin with?
mcgyvr
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Algae turf scrubber...
If you encourage algae growth on a screen you can easily dispose/harvest it and control where it grows
Reincarnate
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Why would you "encourage" algae growth? Can't you just nip it in the bud to begin with? Like chess, why make 10 moves when it can be done in 5? Hmm...
ClownReef®
Bubbletrousing
lol..
Forget 7 minute abs.. Im staring 6 minute abs!
I have an ATS and I also have zero algae in my display. I clean my glass panels every 4 days or so. I grow algae like crazy. I clean the screen once every 4 days. Massive clumps of algae but I also feed my tank really heavy.
Mike Ordner
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There could be several reasons. Built up PO4 in your rocks. High NO3 and PO4 in your water. Overfeeding. Not enough predators (snails and or crabs) to eat it. Not enough algae eating fish in your tank. Tank not mature.
How long has tank been running? How long have you had algae problem? How long has your ATS been online?
Still built up phosphates in rocks after 1.5 yrs? Ats been running for 5 months now and is harvesting algae..the algae in tank at least is weak.. but still grows in dt..
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Mike Ordner
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Impossible for me to answer. Depending in your nutrient export, you could have higher PO4 in rocks then when you started. You said the algae is looking weaker in DT, then you are headed in the right direction. Give it more time. 5 months is really not a lot of time for your system to adjust to the ATS. Good luck.
hkgar
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laverda
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How many hours a day you light your ATS makes a big difference. It sounds, like it I’d doing what you want, just not fast enough. Increase you light schedule an hour or 2 a day. I know with mine I can very quickly drive my nitrate and phosphates to zero by running my ATS lights 24/7. My corals were not happy then.
Mike Ordner
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Something is off on your scrubber. You might ask Bud at Turboaquatics, but it looks like the middle part of your screen is getting too much light. Once the screen is mature, you should have thick green algae covering the entire screen. I suggest you either back off your light schedule or move the lights further from the screen until you see thick green covering all the screen. Once you get to that point, you can move the lights closer again.
Then the screen may well do what you are asking. Right now you are at about 50% efficiency of the scrubber. Again, Bud would be the one to get the correct answer from.
Then the screen may well do what you are asking. Right now you are at about 50% efficiency of the scrubber. Again, Bud would be the one to get the correct answer from.
I like where you are headed with this.i run lights 24/7.. my sps look like crap.. I dosed fluk and have had ats offline for a week now.. I am trying to get nitrates to 5 or 10.
Maybe when i start ats again i will put it on a achedule..also maybe not run both ats and skimmer..I am also upping my blues from 30% to 80% but slowly..
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