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Originally Posted by boozeman  wow, you guys are DIY maniacs 
On a side note, algal turf scrubbers are good for culturing algae to use as a nutrient export system ...BUT...they also vastly increase evaporation rates!! |
ive been thinking about it. i think i may just put the lid to the container back on. this will reduce evap greatly i think, but it will also reduce air exchange which may be one of the conditions that increase or reduce algael growth. i can make a hole and cover it with plexi or even saran wrap so that the light gets into the box.
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Originally Posted by KodiakBear I tried making something like that as a shelf for a filter pad in my sump... I used Plexiglass and without fail it shattered with less than 4 holes to go every time!  Took 3 tries before I got so fed up I just glued the pieces together on the last one.  |
you are absolutly right. i shattered a piece too, and when it comes to trying to build stuff and failing i get MAD. anyways, the stuff i used is very thick, and i drilled very slowly so it wouldnt break.
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Originally Posted by sasquatch What you vant Dracula cyano , come here let me slime your neck  |
i had that red bulb sitting around and figured hey, lets see what it does... but a race of super mutant cyano that could take over the world? interesting...
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Originally Posted by DaBird OK, playing catch up here but I'm confused...are you trying to to grow cyano (Bacteria) or hair Algae? It will probably grow both but I just like to see myself type... |
we WANT to grow cyano, but i think pretty much anything is going to grow there. through trial and error we may be able to determine what conditions will grow cyano specifically.
so far there is no growth on mine. im going to switch teh evil red bulb to a regular spectrum bulb and mess around with using specific spectrums once i get growth going. i think the main problem is seeding the plastic sheet. any ideas to get it started?