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04/25/2017, 02:01 PM | #1 |
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Why does the scrubber algae turn brown
After I clean the screen the algae grows dark green especially on the sides and bottom. When the 3rd or 4th day comes the top part of the algae starts getting brown streaks why is this? What can I do to keep it always growing dark green and thick?
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04/26/2017, 09:49 AM | #2 |
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Could your screen be too big?
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How thick is the algae on the scrubber by this point?
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Why does the scrubber algae turn brown
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It's growing thicker in parts where it's not getting direct light? Could you be over lighting? The ATS is based off of how much you feed no? Have you tried manually removing what's in the DT and see what happens? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Does it turn brown or get brown stuff on top of it?
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Its turning brown here is a video might be more helpful to see.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r2h92ut3jq..._5390.MOV?dl=0 Video looks poor here is a few pics. https://www.dropbox.com/s/utg7edep35..._5387.JPG?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/abnxpguhhm..._5389.JPG?dl=0 |
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It looks to me like the algae that's turning brown doesn't have a good hold on the screen. I wonder if its getting bleached out from being closer to the light?
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[QUOTE=callsign4223;25063672]It looks to me like the algae that's turning brown doesn't have a good hold on the screen. I wonder if its getting bleached out from being closer to the light?[/QUOTE
The brown algae is closer to the bulbs trying to experiment reducing lighting periods with some of the bulbs. I have 4 fixtures 2 led and 2 cfls. |
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