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it's a 65watt bulb but only uses the same energy of a 15watt bulb.
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It's a 15 watt bulb. You do not count "equivalent" watts. Your lighting is too little.
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I took sand paper to the screen before I started
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Sandpaper does not work. Must be a hole saw, or at least a wood saw blade:
Try a towell drop test:
http://www.radio-media.com/fish/CanvasTowellDrop1.mpg
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6700k will add more growth
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It will be less growth than 3000K. You want to be between the two peaks:
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I'm not going to get much green algae because I dose vodka.
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The opposite. The lower your nutrients (presumably because of the vodka), the more green and less brown you should get. Green grows in low nutrients.
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My macro algae is before the turf scrubber so it will live.
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Does not matter what is where, when it comes to nutrients. The nutrient level throughout the system is the same. If the scrubber is working, macros will die, every time.
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I'm not sure why you asked if I was getting growth yet, as you can see from day to day it growing just fine.
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I know you have not seen many other scrubbers growing, but yours is not. This would be ok growth on a new screen:
...and this would be thick growth (in just one week):
A few changes and yours will be doing similar. Without the changes, however, it is not doing anything to the water and you could just remove it. Also, see here:
Bucket Algae Scrubber