6stokes
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Originally Posted by SantaMonica
http:///forum/post/3257174
Flow looks good. However, you need to re-build, using plastic canvas; screen divider does not work.
Then, you need to get some light on it; whatever light you are using now is a non-light.
Quick guideline:
0.5 actual (not equivalent) fluorescent watts per gallon MINIMUM.
1.0 actual (not equivalent) fluorescent watts per gallon for HIGH filtering.
1.0 square inches of screen per gallon, with bulbs on BOTH sides. (10 x 10 = 100 square inches = 100 gal)
2.0 square inches of screen per gallon, if ONE sided.
18 hours of lights ON, and 6 hours of lights OFF, each day.
Flow is 24 hours, and is 35 gph per inch of width of screen, EVEN IF one sided.
Very rough screen made of roughed-up-like-a-cactus plastic canvas.
Clean algae off of screen every SEVEN (7) days NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK.
Another question for you Santa Monica. When you're talking about the lighting, are the gallons based upon total display and sump, or the 35 gph you're quoting?
http:///forum/post/3257174
Flow looks good. However, you need to re-build, using plastic canvas; screen divider does not work.
Then, you need to get some light on it; whatever light you are using now is a non-light.
Quick guideline:
0.5 actual (not equivalent) fluorescent watts per gallon MINIMUM.
1.0 actual (not equivalent) fluorescent watts per gallon for HIGH filtering.
1.0 square inches of screen per gallon, with bulbs on BOTH sides. (10 x 10 = 100 square inches = 100 gal)
2.0 square inches of screen per gallon, if ONE sided.
18 hours of lights ON, and 6 hours of lights OFF, each day.
Flow is 24 hours, and is 35 gph per inch of width of screen, EVEN IF one sided.
Very rough screen made of roughed-up-like-a-cactus plastic canvas.
Clean algae off of screen every SEVEN (7) days NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK.
Another question for you Santa Monica. When you're talking about the lighting, are the gallons based upon total display and sump, or the 35 gph you're quoting?