Version 4.0 with 20, three watt leds, only at 10 watts, currently. Just bench testing so far.
Algae scrubber as bio filter.
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Same power, just camera setting is different.
Day one of full submersion, must be 100% waterproof.
Saltwater appilcation,yes. Freshwater,not near as beneficial.
Actually it works in fresh water very well.
Just set up a Santa Monica Drop 1.2x this weekend on my cichlid tank, hoping this makes up for the lack of plants in this set up and keeps maintenance reasonable. Been following this thread for awhile, very interesting info!
How long has the tank been set up?
It's pretty new, about 2 months. Nitrate has been steady around 5-10ppm doing weekly water changes of 50%. I've been feeding much heavier than usual and my experience with freshwater is all planted so I'm looking to keep that natural filtration but with a Lake Tang biotope tank.
It's a 30 gallon tank but I'm estimating water volume to be 15-20, there's a pretty deep sand bed for the shellies and easily 20-30lbs of rock. Other filter material is about a liter of Matrix, some ceramic media, and a couple sponges. I am considering switching out one of the sump chambers for a Poret tower as well.
Current stock is 4 Julidochromis Dickfeldi, 6 Multifasciatus, and 2 synodontis lucipinnis. I am considering adding 1-2 more julies and another synodontis soon, which is partly why I'm trying to stay ahead of the filtration game.
This is what the tank looks like now:
It's a 30 gallon tank but I'm estimating water volume to be 15-20, there's a pretty deep sand bed for the shellies and easily 20-30lbs of rock. Other filter material is about a liter of Matrix, some ceramic media, and a couple sponges. I am considering switching out one of the sump chambers for a Poret tower as well.
Current stock is 4 Julidochromis Dickfeldi, 6 Multifasciatus, and 2 synodontis lucipinnis. I am considering adding 1-2 more julies and another synodontis soon, which is partly why I'm trying to stay ahead of the filtration game.
This is what the tank looks like now:
I am interested in watching the algea develop. Salt water introduces algea as hitch hikers on live rock.
So your probable going to be limited with green slime algea, and single cell stuff. Which might take some time to develop.
My tank has 3 different types of long strand turf algea, and several simple thin film types.
If you find it not growing very well. I will be happy to send you some seed algea.
My 15 led upflow, scrubber provides all bio filtration, for 15 malwai cichlids and keeps ammonia from ever turning into nitrate.
Keep us posted, thanks
So your probable going to be limited with green slime algea, and single cell stuff. Which might take some time to develop.
My tank has 3 different types of long strand turf algea, and several simple thin film types.
If you find it not growing very well. I will be happy to send you some seed algea.
My 15 led upflow, scrubber provides all bio filtration, for 15 malwai cichlids and keeps ammonia from ever turning into nitrate.
Keep us posted, thanks
I will definitely update with progress, I'm going to crack it open tomorrow for the first time (it's only been 7 days), so I'll post up a pic with what's happening in there.
Let's see how things are going but I could definitely be interested in some seed algae. After reading your thread I've been trying to remember if the streams I run through on my local trails have algae in them, they're very shaded so there's a lot of moss but I can't recall any algae growth. I'll be out for a run tomorrow, so I'll stop and see if I notice anything.
Have you read anything in this thread. At least the last couple of pages would indicate that its been very useful