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  1. Growth pics

    SURF4 or 4x packed full, and you can see the four bubbling areas. Best for saltwater.
  2. Growth pics

    This small DROP.6 with just one LED is having good luck growing. This can be in salt or fresh.
  3. Growth pics

    This small DROP.6 with just one LED is having good luck growing. This can be in salt or fresh.
  4. Algae ID book

    "The Lives Of Seaweed" by Julie Phillips is a good book about the different algal species in fresh, salt, and even on land.
  5. Seaweed book

    "The Lives Of Seaweed" by Julie Phillips is a good book about the different algal species in fresh, salt, and even on land.
  6. Stock update from Santa Monica Filtration

    0 - DROP-5.5 (without strings; for fresh and salt) approx two week wait; email to order 0 - DROP-5.5x (without strings; for fresh and salt; Xtra lights) approx two week wait; email to order 0 - DROP-10 (with strings; for salt) approx two week wait; order from santa-monica.cc 0 - DROP-10x (with...
  7. Feeding scrubber growth to your fish

    Update: The great thing about a scrubber is that it grows exactly what many fish eat naturally. Even fish that you think would not eat algae, such as some cichlids, will do so if the growth is living. But many freshwater and saltwater fish and other animals love it. Green hair algae especially...
  8. Growth pics

    SURF4x scrubber® about as packed with tang food as you can get.
  9. Sumps and HOGs

    This is a new installation of a HOG2 in a corner overflow. It still has the temporary black shade cloth on the lights to dim the 660nm deep red LEDs to a level that algae can start to grow; without the shade, the bright white Green Grabber growth surface would reflect back too much light for new...
  10. Sumps and HOGs

    This is a new installation of a HOG2 or 2x on a large freshwater sump. It still has the temporary black shade cloth on the lights to dim the 660nm deep red LEDs to a level that algae can start to grow; without the shade, the bright white Green Grabber growth surface would reflect back too much...
  11. HOG light on the glass

    Here is a HOG2 or larger, on the inside of a sump compartment. The air pump is setting below it.
  12. Sump mounts for GEM5 lights

    Sump mounts for GEM5 lights are now available: https://www.santa-monica.cc/product.asp?itemid=111
  13. Growth pics

    HOG3 or 3x or 3xx in a sump, with the light removed and the bubbles turned off.
  14. Something new is again coming soon.

    What is it?
  15. Video playlist for DROP models

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbvXzQKTjQAk-gGjXIL-0CqOb2Y-4uEK

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