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Post by scoobnoob on Apr 9, 2015 10:00:41 GMT -5
So Ive heard so much about egg crate growing algae especially white egg crate. I ignored it in my previous build and only had a bloom during the cycle after that the algae cleared and the crate was encrusted with coraline. It was awesome. I made some frag racks for another tank no issues. Then I built my dual 40b set up. My egg crate has been fighting a constant battle with algae, its almost like having a scrubber to put frags in because the algae doesn't grow ANYWHERE else! This has frustrated me. The egg crate I'm using is from home depot and made by lithoania lighting. I don't recall where the egg crate from my previous build came from but I'm done thinking all eggcrate is equal. So I went to Lowes today and purchased some more. Its made by a different company in the US in Ohio. I'm going to make another frag rack with this brand and trade out the old crate. I plan to report my findings to help everyone else if the home depot stuff is the problem.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 9, 2015 11:42:08 GMT -5
Looking at the label to see what it's made out of would be useful as well.
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Post by Rigor on Apr 9, 2015 14:16:33 GMT -5
Odd. I have never had problems like that. I am sure you have, but check your water parameters to rule anything out.
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Post by Frank on Apr 9, 2015 18:47:28 GMT -5
The stuff I've been using is from lowes with no excessive algae growth
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Post by scoobnoob on Apr 10, 2015 8:44:17 GMT -5
That's reassuring to my theory Frank, thanks for sharing. I'm swapping mine out today.
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Post by gotareef on Apr 10, 2015 11:20:55 GMT -5
where does the algae start on the rack? bottom,top,sides....
I have always bought from home depot the only time I had an issue was with lack of flow under the frag rack...
have you put any thought into the egg crate being tapered?
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Post by scoobnoob on Apr 28, 2015 9:19:55 GMT -5
So far the new crate has not reached previous levels of algae but is turning off white.
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Post by scoobnoob on May 8, 2015 22:37:54 GMT -5
So the algae is back....but its most abundant on frag plugs and fades out from there. Its only effecting the lower rack so I'm assuming its a flow issue at this point. I'm running a jeboa wp25 but have it aimed at my top (sps) shelf as I have softies/LPs on my lower shelf it would just have too much flow for.
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Post by scoobnoob on May 30, 2015 22:29:14 GMT -5
So its not the egg crate. I believe its more of a flow issue. There is no difference in the two brands
The lower frag rack gets algae the higher one doesn't
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Post by jasonandsarah on May 31, 2015 7:39:09 GMT -5
So its not the egg crate. I believe its more of a flow issue. There is no difference in the two brands The lower frag rack gets algae the higher one doesn't Did you switch the racks out? To see if the algae would go away if put up higher? Sent from my SM-N910R4 using proboards |
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Post by scoobnoob on May 31, 2015 8:28:48 GMT -5
I did switch the racks out and it comes back. It appears to be coming from some of the frag pugs. I've added an extensive cuc but no one wants to eat it.
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