SantaMonica Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Can you figure out what happened to this HOG3 upflow scrubber? It was brand new when installed, but the user did something which caused this to happen (see photos). The contest person who guesses what happened most accurately will win a new HOG3 shipped anywhere in the world (winner supplies his own air pump, and pays any customs/import/duty fees if out of USA). To enter, post below and describe what you think happened, and include: Name, City, State, Country. Or you can post on our forum here:http://algaescrubber.net/forums/showthread.php?3705 Contest ends April 30, 2019. Here is the item new: https://www.santa-monica.cc/HOG3-Hang-On-Glass%C2%AE-UAS%C2… Hope you win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Too much light, and not enough dark hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmdh Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Didn't clean it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimusprime3605 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 He thought it was a Hungry Man tv dinner and left it in the microwave too long. Look at the mashed potatoes towards the top, turned to mush. The green beans towards the bottom looks vomit 🤮... Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmas_one Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 No air pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 It looks like that scene from The Thing. 😬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorW Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Looks moldy, not enough water running through it?Sent from my BLU R1 HD using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjlife Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Not enough flow because it wasn't cleaned ? i wouldn't want to clean something that looks that nasty either lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesamech Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I would say that the LED lights were not covered with cloth during initial start up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 All Entered: Lexinverts - too much light, and not enough dark hours cjmdh - Didn't clean it! xmas_one - No air pump. TaylorW - Looks moldy, not enough water running through it? kjlife - Not enough flow because it wasn't cleaned ? i wouldn't want to clean something that looks that nasty either lol Mesamech - I would say that the LED lights were not covered with cloth during initial start up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 (edited) colorado sunburst anemone got sucked in. A green frogspawn thought the anemone was going back to the ocean so it followed... Edited April 13, 2019 by Manny Tavan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
householdofpayne Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Used with nopox 🤷🏼♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 "Used with nopox" - entered Others - not so entered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Still time for ideas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbird Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Ran 24-7 without clearing off the algae growth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Entered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeardUp Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 I vote on lack of cleaning which lead to lack of flow and build up of temp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesamech Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Needs greater photosynthesis to out compete the agae on rocks and high phosphates in the water as high as 0.5ppm. Needs higher power LEDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 BeardUp is entered! But Mesa needs to say what happended, not what should happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesamech Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 He used too small of scrubber for the amount of nutrients run in his system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Clogged/not enough flow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesamech Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 He used too small of scrubber for the amount of nutrients run in his system. The scrubber couldn't compete with the rocks and high phosphates so only brown agae and slime formed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 Mesa and Kenny entered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 Ok, the winner is.... Jeff Bednarek: "Looks like output holes got clogged and exposed too much air to the top half. Then the lights cooked the moist algae in the air pocket" Clay, NY, USA And the almost-winners are... David Price: "I believe what happened is the filter screen got clogged with too much algae not allowing enough water to flow through the area that turned yellow/brown color causing the algae in that area to die." Cranberry Twp. PA USA Tiago Gomes Silva Simões: "Overgrown and clogged. But it had to be like that for a long time" Josh Graves: "Went without maintenance for 8 months" north port Fl USA Gareth Barber: "Water level dropped and light cooked and dried the algae" Gareth Barber, Wauchope NSW Australia Here is what happened: I installed this unit on a large tank myself, and made sure the light timer was 18 hours, and the bubbles were 24 hours, and the shade cloth was half covering the lights. After 3 weeks the cloth was removed and growth continued to get thicker. The person running the tank said he would handle the cleaning thereafter. I finally heard from him 6 months later, saying this photo is how it looks today, on its very first cleaning. Yes, first cleaning. So it had not been opened or adjusted for 6 months. So the growth got heavy inside and blocked to the top air hole, which caused an air pocket to push the water down halfway. The top half then got more light and less water, and grew thick slime (which is still alive and removing nutrients from the water). And around top air hole you can see how the slime let go and started to fall down, but the Green Grabber rocky textures still held it in place without letting it float away. Also this amount of slime is rarely seen on waterfall scrubbers, because their smooth screens and the weight of the algae causes the slime to let go. But the Green Grabber rocky textures hold on. The strings are visible, which many people thought were worms or anemones. No, just strings holding on to growth. The strings don't hold slime as well as the rocky textures though, which is why strings are recommended for saltwater only (the slime in freshwater does not need strings). The bottom half was growing normally, and even started to pull upwards on the bottom section because there are no textures there, just smooth plastic. Here are the remaining entries.... Sirrahn Nelms Was Donohue: "Lack of water flow and too much light" Plymouth, uk Richard Miller: "The user put a soft coral (leather frag) inside the unit and tried to grow it out? Supply pump was off for several days causing zero oxygen levels and then restarted" Port Saint Lucie FL USA لؤي خليف "Make the half in the water and the other half out of the water ... and leave it clean for a long time" luay khalifa, Germany Phil Peekay Kent: "They thought the food rating was how much food the scrubber needed and were adding food directly into the chamber" Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Tommy Filthiest Hua: "Half the LED panel died and was only lighting half the algae" Sydney NSW Australia Dwight Whitey Burgess Jr: "Not enough air in that area" Baltimore md., Usa Jesse Boyko: "Didn't properly clean it the first time. Not enough light?" Canada Joshua Benson: "Used vibrant to get rid of bubble algae and nuked the algae in it" Josh Benson Bristol WI USA David Wiseman: "Looks lack of water flow and the light caused bacteria bloom" David Wiseman. Nv usa Travis Lund: "Was trying to get more nutrients into the system by dosing and overdid it" Hampstead NC, 28443 Michal Fessler: "Did not clean it with in the recommend 2 weeks. As well as light on for 24 hours" Macomb Mi, 48044 Jim Hart: "Some type of zoas tried growing in it,my guess, they got sucked in or were mistakenly placed in" David Schaelling: "Had it mounted in the tank instead of the sump, was not flat against the glass/acrylic, anemone found a way in and rotted away" Astoria, Or USA Brandon Pfeiffer: "Seeded it with their own mangroves" St Louis MO Ian Pollock: "Calcium doser to close to input, Causing calcification" Bath, Uk Bosco Octave: "The water was rich in nutrients and the tank received no or inadequate water change. The unit may have been on 24/7 and/or the aeration was not adequate in the unit or water flow out of the unit was restricted." Ameya Gudekar, Melbourne, Australia Chris Downs: "The batteries on the auto feeder were dying and it dumped all the pellet food out." Chris Downs Bohemia NY, USA Mark M. Davis: "Forgot to turn on half the lights. Mark M. Davis Tucson, Arizona" Mark Brown: "Not enough water flow and did not clean it properly" Massachusetts usa Mike Schell: "Over dosed carbon dosing. Mike schell Kindred, ND U.S.A." Tyler Westover: "Slime not removed and overgrew" Spanish fork, UT USA Lisa DiMercurio" "Are those worms?" Devon Murby" "Power loss" Attleboro Massachusetts United states Robert Fowler: "Im gonna guess too long of a photo period or they didnt properly acclimate the lights." Nick Ellis: "It looks like someone shut off the return pump for maintenance and forgot to turn the heater and lights to the scrubber off which boiled the water and algae" Akron, Ohio USA Jordan Mullan: "Air pump was below aquarium. Water got into line. No flow, so algae got gross" Andrew Nolan Calvo: "Looks like the water Sat stagnant and went anaerobic" Mathieu Poulin: "Stop cleaning it and let thé light on" Canada, Québec Eric Barello: "Looks like it sucked up some kind of sponge that grew and restricted flow and the top area was exposed to oxygen for too long" Harford county maryland. Nickolas Brock: "Voltage leak" Jacksonville Florida u.s.a. Jeff Larson: "I think he left the lights on for to long" Marquette Michigan Matt Green: "Put too strong of an air pump on it" Tucson Arizona Joshua Mummery" "Inserted their own macro algea and had a major bloom" Tucson Arizona Jim Stime Jr: "Allowed the water level to drop too low" Spot Oliver: "The salinity of the aquarium was above 1.035 causing odd algae in a tropical water system, or it’s from a cold water system that didn’t have a properly Calibrated refractometer based on water temp." Samantha Nicole: Left lights on 24/7 Jonathan Jones: "Looks to me like it just sat in a shut off tank. Then died an molded" El Reno, Oklahoma Jason Teed: "He placed it in his sump by his refrugium, and set the timer opposite of the light for his refrugium" Washington twp, mi, United states adobo_reef: "This looks like too much light or too much air coming in" Ivan: Run out of water and dry out ; Supply water problem robert_ellis: Placed it flat with not enough flow instead of vertical? Not enough light also. Fullerton, ca Luis Carlos Vitorino: "Looks like melted plastic" Pacífico, Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brasil Lexinverts: "Too much light, and not enough dark hours" Corvallis cjmdh: "Didn't clean it" xmas_one No air pump TaylorW: "Looks moldy, not enough water running through it" Gaston, Oregon kjlife: "Not enough flow because it wasn't cleaned" Cornelius or. Mesamech" "The LED lights were not covered with cloth during initial start up. He used too small of scrubber for the amount of nutrients run in his system." householdofpayne" "Used with nopox" Estacada Derbird: "Ran 24-7 without clearing off the algae growth" Milwaukie, Oregon BeardUp" "Lack of cleaning which lead to lack of flow and build up of temp." xxkenny90xx: "Clogged/not enough flow" Tacoma waldend Did they have an improper water level? Either from evaporation or from not installing it properly from the start? Lafayette IN, USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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