Algae scrubber trial

Rhyno8

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Built this a little while ago just to play around with. finally got the time to set it up waiting on a bigger power supply to run all the led tubes if things look promising I’ll add some more tubes. Currently have 60 watts of led per side backed onto acrylic mirrors.
First picture is the original position I’ve since changed it to run off the return pump for a higher flow rate. Prior my nitrates used to reach between 60-80ppm sometimes more before my weekly 80%wc
This week they were sub 20ppm with heavy feeding. Stock is 4 Azul and 3 large motoro rays 6EB901D0-3FDD-4908-B7B3-5D2E5300C535.jpeg729BF877-3F1B-4D1F-8F2B-80A0E65C8BF4.jpeg5894FFDE-47E8-4FE1-9DE7-7EA3C484C82A.jpeg5AFCD6DA-60EA-4D9A-9DB8-6179D7E2C755.jpeg9D0CC0D5-B35B-49AC-9EAB-862D160BED85.jpeg149E47C8-33EB-4F6E-8413-E58AE1F1EB57.jpeg98CFE72E-6667-479C-B2AC-3EA056C0840D.jpeg4A58CF3A-B598-4E45-B0AF-2F27E9ED8B00.jpeg
 

SuperNinja

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Okay and how long did it take to reduce your nitrates? Have they trended downward each week?

i have a 300” screen on my 150 i started in prep for my coming 300g and after two weeks i have a lot of green slime algae (identical to yours) but my nitrates are only slightly lower. Looking to get to zero. Have a 18” 150w grow light On it.
 
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