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[flagg37]

View attachment 17160 Clear water scrubber coming on line

Careful not to strip the nutrients too much.

 

[Haddonisreef]

Does it light both sides?

Ya bright as heck

 

[Haddonisreef]

Careful not to strip the nutrients too much.

Been battling po4 so we’ll see what happens

 

[SynDen]

ya, you will want the light shields for the scrubber. sadly they sell them separately

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

I need to clean my ATS soon, if you need any algae to "seed" the screen on your scrubber. I'm your guy!

 

[Haddonisreef]

ya, you will want the light shields for the scrubber. sadly they sell them separately

Just ordered one.

 

[Haddonisreef]

I need to clean my ATS soon, if you need any algae to "seed" the screen on your scrubber. I'm your guy!

how would I go about adding that? I’d love to speed it up some!

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

how would I go about adding that? I’d love to speed it up some!

You just take the algae and smear it all over the screen. Some of it will stick and start growing.

 

[Haddonisreef]

You just take the algae and smear it all over the screen. Some of it will stick and start growing.

Bring me some

 

[Haddonisreef]

A few pics of the sump added a Kessil A160 tuna blue and scrubber is in action starting to grow turf. View attachment 17185

 

[flagg37]

So you’re running a scrubber and a fuge? Do you have just that much extra nutrients?

 

[Haddonisreef]

So you’re running a scrubber and a fuge? Do you have just that much extra nutrients?

Ya po4 gets up to 1.6 if I’m not careful.

 

[flagg37]

Ya po4 gets up to 1.6 if I’m not careful.

Wow, is that just from feeding or is something leaching more (like your rocks perhaps)?

 

[Haddonisreef]

Ya I cured the rock for months but didn’t give a muratic bath. Everything was great for like a yr and this last 8 mths or so been a bit of a battle. Been useing phosphate E which works real well to lower po4 but I don’t like doseing it all the time. Looking for more of a natural removal of the phosphate.

 

[flagg37]

Several people on my other forum have been using RowaPhos. I know it’s not natural like you were looking for but apparently a little bit goes a long way. I’ve never used it myself though.

 

[NDaquarist]

What do your nitrates usually read?

If they're consistently at 0 then that may be why phosphate is building up, nitrate your limiting nutrient. If this is the case I would try dosing nitrate (in the form of sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate can lead to a buildup of potassium in the system) and see if you can get the phosphates down.

A threads to check out: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dosing-nitrates-and-phosphates.368457/ ; https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dosing-potassium-nitrate.625777/page-2#post-7581834

 

[Haddonisreef]

Several people on my other forum have been using RowaPhos. I know it’s not natural like you were looking for but apparently a little bit goes a long way. I’ve never used it myself though.

I have used rowa and does help.

Ya nitrates are at 0 thanks @NDaquarist never really thought of that just figured the rock was leaching.

 

[NDaquarist]

I have used rowa and does help.

Ya nitrates are at 0 thanks @NDaquarist never really thought of that just figured the rock was leaching.

That's possible, however I'd be willing to bet it has to do with your N ratio being off. Hopefully if you give it a try it will help!

 

[Colored Sticks]

I agree with @NDaquarist the ratio of phos and No3 need to be in somewhat of a sync

 

[Haddonisreef]

A few pics of some jaw breakers View attachment 17366