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SantaMonica · 08-23-2008, 11:23 AM

everwater: Yes I know they are different algae's, but, nobody has red/brown turf to seed with. Even if they did, wouldn't it just get replaced by green as soon as the screen started to grow? Some people are setting up screens that are not designed to grow true turf anyways (so they will only have green hair), so for them it would seem to make sense to at least speed the green along.

varga: That's great about the growth. But where is the lighting? Are you moving it out of the way so you can get pics? If not, it should be right up against the screen, on both sides, and we should be able to see it in these pics. It will grow much much faster with the lighing that way.

When you clean it, you will have a lot more remaining than what I see in this pic; you won't be able to see that fan through the screen. And you can't wait a month, even if it hasn't grown much, because the pods will start eating the algae, and you'll start getting spots like I showed in the pics a few days ago. So at least weekly (which is probably today), run the screen under some tap water in the sink to kill them. You don't have to clean the screen today, but you do have to run some FW.

Also, do NOT turn the pump off for 15-20 minutes. You'll dry out the top layer of algae. Use a wavemaker timer on the pump; I have mine set right now to 60 seconds on, 60 seconds off, with a strong fan blowing on it.

08-23-2008, 11:23 AM	#128 (permalink)
SantaMonica Torch coral Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Santa Monica, CA Posts: 585 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin everwater: Yes I know they are different algae's, but, nobody has red/brown turf to seed with. Even if they did, wouldn't it just get replaced by green as soon as the screen started to grow? Some people are setting up screens that are not designed to grow true turf anyways (so they will only have green hair), so for them it would seem to make sense to at least speed the green along. varga: That's great about the growth. But where is the lighting? Are you moving it out of the way so you can get pics? If not, it should be right up against the screen, on both sides, and we should be able to see it in these pics. It will grow much much faster with the lighing that way. When you clean it, you will have a lot more remaining than what I see in this pic; you won't be able to see that fan through the screen. And you can't wait a month, even if it hasn't grown much, because the pods will start eating the algae, and you'll start getting spots like I showed in the pics a few days ago. So at least weekly (which is probably today), run the screen under some tap water in the sink to kill them. You don't have to clean the screen today, but you do have to run some FW. Also, do NOT turn the pump off for 15-20 minutes. You'll dry out the top layer of algae. Use a wavemaker timer on the pump; I have mine set right now to 60 seconds on, 60 seconds off, with a strong fan blowing on it.