Mega Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover - DIY!
- Thread starter SantaMonica
- Start date
Long time watching these bad boys at work, finally getting around to trying it out.
Working with a 55gal, and starting with a vertical slanted algae pad, until I get a bucket situated sometime this weekend.
My question is this: I picked up a Sylvania, 65 watt, 2850k, Spot-Gro bulb, is this strong enough?
Thanks and keep up the good work!
Working with a 55gal, and starting with a vertical slanted algae pad, until I get a bucket situated sometime this weekend.
My question is this: I picked up a Sylvania, 65 watt, 2850k, Spot-Gro bulb, is this strong enough?
Thanks and keep up the good work!
Glad you are progressing 
That bulb I believe is an incandescent, which is very hot, and does not put out any more light that a 23 CFL. You could try it, but with the bucket, try a 23 W CFL 3000K flood on the other side. With scrubbers, there is really no reason to use higher that a 50w CFL... better to use two smaller ones to spread the light out.
That bulb I believe is an incandescent, which is very hot, and does not put out any more light that a 23 CFL. You could try it, but with the bucket, try a 23 W CFL 3000K flood on the other side. With scrubbers, there is really no reason to use higher that a 50w CFL... better to use two smaller ones to spread the light out.
Here are some videos of the scrubber running:
Flow example, looking from the side with one of the lights removed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-6Nq4ySWfM
Flow example, looking from the top:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okQiNW2E73k
Demonstration of noise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbXJGBI9w20
Demonstration of darkness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLb1lyu-LLs
Flow example, looking from the side with one of the lights removed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-6Nq4ySWfM
Flow example, looking from the top:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okQiNW2E73k
Demonstration of noise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbXJGBI9w20
Demonstration of darkness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLb1lyu-LLs
SantaMonica, what have you seen as far as success with led lights on a scrubber? seems most go with cfls or fluorescents. and the few that ive seen with leds end up switching over.
i like that leds dont use much power, are pretty compact, and wont cause as much evaporation, but i dont want to build a scrubber that doesnt scrub.
i like that leds dont use much power, are pretty compact, and wont cause as much evaporation, but i dont want to build a scrubber that doesnt scrub.
Santa Monica 100 growth pics for first 7 days:
No seeding. Screen is one layer of roughed up playsic canvas, never used before:
Videos:
Front Side:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNHlRScPYn4
Back Side:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiWOxdliiA
.
.
.
No seeding. Screen is one layer of roughed up playsic canvas, never used before:
Videos:
Front Side:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNHlRScPYn4
Back Side:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiWOxdliiA
.
.
.
Do these work better lit all the time or would it work better to simulate the hours of darkness? Just curious!
