Nice growth. I got to say im obsessed with my ats. Might want to keep an eye on potassium mine drops a lot. Usually im dosing it monthly back up to 410ppm from 360ppm.
Fts?
Fts?
60 Cube with Algae Turf Scrubber
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I mostly see alk drop when growth is high. Some baking soda fixes it right up.
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Yes, algae needs carbon, and since CO2 is slow to enter water, fast-growing algae gets carbon from the alk. A strong scrubber can reduce alk by 1 point per day.
I can confirm this as well, it's been discussed quite a bit on the algae scrubbing related forums.
Some people have tried infusing CO2 into the influent water to see if that changes things, or putting the effluent from a calcium reactor into the scrubber, etc. Also placing the scrubber intake pump next to the effluent from a skimmer (which infuses air, a mixture of O2 and CO2).
The latter is one of the reasons why it make sense to put a skimmer first. The other method is scrubber first so it gets crack at the dirtiest water first, it's kind of just a preference IMO, at least that's what makes sense
Some people have tried infusing CO2 into the influent water to see if that changes things, or putting the effluent from a calcium reactor into the scrubber, etc. Also placing the scrubber intake pump next to the effluent from a skimmer (which infuses air, a mixture of O2 and CO2).
The latter is one of the reasons why it make sense to put a skimmer first. The other method is scrubber first so it gets crack at the dirtiest water first, it's kind of just a preference IMO, at least that's what makes sense
What's going on if your scrubber just suddenly stops growing .... I'm going thru this now , the algae just stop growing .. Everything is same , feeding constantly even have more fish . Use to have to harvest algae weekly , but now they are just not growing. Sps still happy, readings are stable .
Something else is taking up the phos and the trates??
Something else is taking up the phos and the trates??
@xiggie might be better to post your issues here https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/algae-scrubber-basics.63113/ so that this thread doesn't get hijacked 
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I would also just try injecting CO2 gas directly into the air inside scrubber box and see what happens.
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Not sure I'd try that... could have problems. It probably needs a monitor and feedback systems.
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Here are some corals that I picked up.
TCK 7 Pack TCK Plutonium Pikachu, TCK Supernova, ARC Firework, HoC Dragonslayer, TCK Sunblaze Millie, ARC High Voltage, ARC Icefire echinata
TCK Gold Rush
These photos with natural sunlight & were taken after I acclimated them & ready to be place in my tank.
TCK Gold Rush, TCK Sunblaze Millie & HoC Dragonslayer
ARC Firework & TCK Supernova
TCK Ultraberry & TCK Plutonium Pikachu
TCK 7 Pack TCK Plutonium Pikachu, TCK Supernova, ARC Firework, HoC Dragonslayer, TCK Sunblaze Millie, ARC High Voltage, ARC Icefire echinata
TCK Gold Rush
These photos with natural sunlight & were taken after I acclimated them & ready to be place in my tank.
TCK Gold Rush, TCK Sunblaze Millie & HoC Dragonslayer
ARC Firework & TCK Supernova
TCK Ultraberry & TCK Plutonium Pikachu
What was that top photo taken under, black light? Have you seen this thread? https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/e...ics-with-your-dslr-or-you-are-exposed.213126/
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The first 2 photos were taken by Dan Lacitignola with The Coral King, the other photos I took them before I put them in my tank & with my phone. Yes, I have the thread bookmarked but I still havent mastered taking photos with my T3i.
What I was getting at is that (and I may be wrong here, so I hope this isn't taken the wrong way) but the point of that thread was not to teach people how to take awesome looking pics (although, I have a T3i as well nad would like to be able to make the corals look better than they actually look too!!) but rather to explain why you see a pic and then get the coral and they don't look the same.
I may have missed it but is there any more algae in the DT?
